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sending mail with a different name

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by ispaapen

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In the office we're using exchange 2k and outlook 2k/XP. In advanced mail option you can add people who can read and send mail using your name. But, when you go to view - field From and select this one, you can send a mail messege from any user in the global list, external contacts included. How to disable this field From option, i really can't find it. (i hope the translaten from dutch to english is correct) Thanks in advance!

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by timwalsh

Yes, you can place any name in the GAL into the From window. However when you hit the send button, if you are not authorized by that user to send a message in their name, you will not be successful and will get an error message notifying you that you are not authorized to send in that person's name.

by ispaapen

Thanx for answering, but there is no authorisation at all. That's the problem. To test it out a coworker used my private e-mail address to send an e-mail to me. With success, so i received a mail from myself while someone else has sent it.

by brasslet

I'd take a look at the permissions on the Exchange server. This isn't the default, someone must have (intentionally or not) added the "send on behalf" or "send as" permissions.

by shanghai sam

Not sure if I completely understand your question, but I have set Outlook Express to be able to switch to several different senders names. I send and recieve my personal email under one account name, my business email under another, and do volunteer work for another site under another name. I can send a test message to myself from anyone of these accounts, from my personal computer, and it appears to be from which ever account i selected. To do this, all I did was set up a seperate account for each name by selecting 'Tools > Accounts > Add > Mail.' Then, when sending a new message all I have to do is select which account I want it the reciever to see that it is from using the drop-down box on the new message, and presto, I've changed it to whatever I want! Hope this helps.

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