Change the order in which Internet email accounts are checked

[John Nasta]

Hi all,

The closest thing I can find in the help file says:

In the Address Book, click the Tools menu, and then click Accounts.

Click the Directory Service tab.

Click Set Order.

Click a directory service, and then click Move Up or Move Down.

Seems simple enough, except that I want to change the order in which MAIL
accounts are checked (I don't even know what these "directory services" are)
and the "Set Order" button always seems to be grayed out when I click the
"Mail" tab. Any suggestions?

Outlook 2000, on Win98.

Thanks,
John Nasta

 

[John Nasta]

Responding to my own post....

I'd still like to know if there is a way to do this, but it seems like I
have my problem solved for the interim. I have a couple of forwarding
addresses, and of course Outlook attempts to reply on the account in which
the message was received. It was checking an account that I rarely use
first, and I constantly had to click "Options" and then change the account
before sending. I circumvented the problem by un-checking the "include this
account when checking mail or synchronizing" tab on the forwarding addresses
so that my mail will be checked via the main account.

Still, if anybody knows how to change the order, I'd like to hear about it.

Thanks,
John Nasta