Outlook 2003 message printout has erroneous E-mail account header

[RustyCP]

I use Outlook 2003 and have 5 E-mail accounts, with one designated a
the default/primary account. When printing out an E-mail message tha
was sent in a non-default account (one of the other 4 accounts), th
hard copy erroneously shows the default account in a shaded bar abov
the message header. The correct "From:" account does show in the heade
area, along with "Sent:", "To:", and "Subject:". Does anyone have an
ideas how to eliminate the default/primary account from appearing on al
message printouts??

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Not possible. You are printing from the default account. If you change the
default account to the one you received the item under, it will show above
the shaded area.

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After furious head scratching, RustyCP asked:

| I use Outlook 2003 and have 5 E-mail accounts, with one designated as
| the default/primary account. When printing out an E-mail message that
| was sent in a non-default account (one of the other 4 accounts), the
| hard copy erroneously shows the default account in a shaded bar above
| the message header. The correct "From:" account does show in the
| header area, along with "Sent:", "To:", and "Subject:". Does anyone
| have any ideas how to eliminate the default/primary account from
| appearing on all message printouts???

 

[RustyCP]

I hear you; but I think that's insane! What possible justification
could there be to have a default account banner appear above another
account's message printout header? That has no utility and makes no
sense at all! Some really stupid programmer at MS did that and no one
contested him/her.

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

What is stupid is printing e-mail, period.

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After furious head scratching, RustyCP asked:

| I hear you; but I think that's insane! What possible justification
| could there be to have a default account banner appear above another
| account's message printout header? That has no utility and makes no
| sense at all! Some really stupid programmer at MS did that and no one
| contested him/her.

 

[Gordon]

What is stupid is printing e-mail, period.

Absolutely. What really makes me laugh is people who say they print emails
for "filing" - they don't seem to understand that electronic storage is FAR
FAR superior to any paper-based filing system..

 

[RustyCP]

Apparently you folks are so ill equipped mentally that you couldn't even
fathom a guess that one might have to print an E-mail for legal purposes
in a court filing...

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

.... in which case the banner is relevant to show which account it was
printed _from_.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact.
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After furious head scratching, RustyCP asked:

| Apparently you folks are so ill equipped mentally that you couldn't
| even fathom a guess that one might have to print an E-mail for legal
| purposes in a court filing...

 

[Gordon]

Apparently you folks are so ill equipped mentally that you couldn't even
fathom a guess that one might have to print an E-mail for legal purposes
in a court filing...

Most posts here about printing emails are of the "I need to print to put in
my files" variety.
Yes of COURSE there are times when emails need to be printed - as in a court
scenario. The OP didn't say that that is what they need to do.
We are not mind readers here.