How do you change the User name as it appears in a Sent message?

[PDB]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I originally set up my imac it was intended to be a personal (home) computer, so during the set-up phase, I made my User name myself and my husband's first names. I recently set-up my Entourage account to receive work emails, and I've noticed when I send an email it appears to the recipient that the message is coming from my imac's User name. Recently I changed my User name in System Preferences to my name only (the way I'd like for it to appear in outgoing email) but my sent messages still have the old User name. Is there a setting I should change in Entourage, or do I have to reinstall the software?

 

[Michel Bintener]

First of all, switch to Entourage's contact list and modify your card, i.e.
the entry whose MSN-like icon has a purple background, then make sure it
only has your name. Then, go to Tools>Accounts, double-click your account
and change the name to your own. That should do the trick.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I originally set up my imac it was intended to be a personal (home)
computer, so during the set-up phase, I made my User name myself and my
husband's first names. I recently set-up my Entourage account to receive work
emails, and I've noticed when I send an email it appears to the recipient that
the message is coming from my imac's User name. Recently I changed my User
name in System Preferences to my name only (the way I'd like for it to appear
in outgoing email) but my sent messages still have the old User name. Is there
a setting I should change in Entourage, or do I have to reinstall the
software?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Ed Kimball]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

When I originally set up my imac it was intended to be a personal (home)
computer, so during the set-up phase, I made my User name myself and my
husband's first names. I recently set-up my Entourage account to receive work
emails, and I've noticed when I send an email it appears to the recipient that
the message is coming from my imac's User name. Recently I changed my User
name in System Preferences to my name only (the way I'd like for it to appear
in outgoing email) but my sent messages still have the old User name. Is there
a setting I should change in Entourage, or do I have to reinstall the
software?

Are you receiving both personal and work e-mail at the same e-mail address
(account)? If so, then Michael Bintner's suggestion should work.

If you have separate addresses (accounts) for personal and work, then in
Entourage's Reply and Forward preference, make sure that you do NOT check
Reply from Default Account; also when creating a new e-mail, make sure that
the correct account is shown in the From drop-down list at the top of the
message.

 

[PDB]

Problem solved! Thank you both for your quick responses.