Outlook 2003 Default Sending Account Problem

[Danny]

Outlook 2003 SP2
3 POP email accounts:
Account A (default)
Account B
Account C

Problem description:

Email that is sent to Account A resides in Inbox. This email is highlighted
and the reply button is clicked. At this point the reply email is created
and it shows it will use Account B for the reply address unless I use the
drop down box labeled "Accounts" to change it.

Every time I use the drop down "Accounts" box it shows Account B as with the
checkmark.

I keep reading that the reply is addressed according to the received
account, but that does not happen in this case.

Why does the reply default to Account B instead of Account A?

It seems to me that the default reply account would be Account A unless
email is received addressed to a different account.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Outlook 2003 SP2
3 POP email accounts:
Account A (default)
Account B
Account C

Problem description:

Email that is sent to Account A resides in Inbox. This email is
highlighted and the reply button is clicked. At this point the reply
email is created and it shows it will use Account B for the reply
address unless I use the drop down box labeled "Accounts" to change
it.

Every time I use the drop down "Accounts" box it shows Account B as
with the checkmark.

Is there any commonality to accounts A and B, like server or credentials?

 

[Danny]

The domain is the same for both A and B.

Is there any commonality to accounts A and B, like server or credentials?

 

[Brian Tillman]

The domain is the same for both A and B.

Are they distinct mailboxes on the mail server or do you use the same
username/password to access the mailbox of each account?

 

[Danny]

They are distinct mailboxes such as -
Account A (e-mail address removed)
Account B (e-mail address removed)
Account C (e-mail address removed)

Accounts A and B both use their respective username and password to log into
the POP server. They are also both using authentication for the SMTP server
"use same settings as my incoming."

 

[Brian Tillman]

They are distinct mailboxes such as -
Account A (e-mail address removed)
Account B (e-mail address removed)
Account C (e-mail address removed)

Accounts A and B both use their respective username and password to
log into the POP server. They are also both using authentication for
the SMTP server "use same settings as my incoming."

While simply having distinct username portions (i.e., the string in front of
the "@") isn't enough to ensure the mailboxes are distinct, usually
different credentials are, so there goes my theory. Sorry, I can't help.

 

[Danny]

While simply having distinct username portions (i.e., the string in front
of the "@") isn't enough to ensure the mailboxes are distinct, usually
different credentials are, so there goes my theory. Sorry, I can't help.