Re: FROM FIELD: None of your e-mail accounts could send to this re

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From: Jeff Stephenson [MSFT] (stephenson_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 10:05:47 -0800

Are you using Outlook's built-in Hotmail support, or using the MSN
connector? 

-- 
Jeff Stephenson
Outlook Development
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On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 11:57:01 -0800, BenBethel wrote:
> Nope, that's not it - I'm sending an email directly to my hotmail address
as 
> a test message by typing it in.  I went to "show from field" when sending
the 
> message and nothing is in there, and I can choose a FROM name or anything
- 
> all of my fields are set up in the mail accounts screens as well... any
other 
> ideas?
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> "Jeff Stephenson [MSFT]" wrote:
> 
>> I suspect that the lack of a From address is not the problem but a
result
>> of the fact that the message couldn't be sent, and therefore Outlook did
>> not have an account's From address to use.
>> 
>> The message you're getting most often comes as a result of a bad address
>> type in a Contact that you're using as a recipient.  If you are sending
to
>> someone in your Contacts, double-click on the email address in that
Contact
>> and make sure the address type is set to "SMTP".
>> 
>> -- 
>> Jeff Stephenson
>> Outlook Development
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
>> 
>> 
>> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 08:22:27 -0800, BenBethel wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm getting the message "None of your e-mail accounts could send to
this 
>>> recipient" in Outlook 2003.  I understand from the knowledge base that
>> there 
>>> is a problem, but there's no good solution.  Every time I send an email 
>>> outside the server, it won't send because there's no name in the FROM
>> FIELD - 
>>> even if I show the FROM field, the email comes back and when I open the
>> email 
>>> that was sent, the email does not have anything entered in the from
field
>> - 
>>> this is very irritating.  So, the question is, how do I set up the
>> account to 
>>> ensure that there's an email address in the FROM FIELD - I went to
>> accounts 
>>> and settings and everything checks out just fine...
>>

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