Re: hotmail - sent items - lists "from" in the "to"column

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Are you using more than one Hotmail account on both machines?

Are all accounts name@xxxxxxxxxxx accounts, name@xxxxxxx accounts, or a mix of the two?

Is an MSN Premium subscription included with your shaw.ca ISP account?
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~PA Bear

Shaw News wrote:
Yes. Both computers are used for all of my accounts. The problem only
arose a few months ago.

"PA Bear" <PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Ozd7F7qfGHA.2172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I'm confused: Are you sending from and to the same Hotmail address on
> both machines?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP, DTS-L.org
>
> Shaw News wrote:
> > Here's the problem: I have 2 computers. When I send a message on one
> > computer and display it later on the other it has my name in the "to"
> > column, rather than in the "from" column. The "from" column is blank.
> >
> > The same thing happens on both computers.
> >
> > When a message is copied from "sent items" in one hotmail account to
> > another hotmail account, and then copied or moved back again, the
> > "from" and "to" columns are then properly displayed.
> >
> > As a result, under "sent items" I have each sent e-mail saved twice -
> > one of which displays properly on one computer while the other
> > displays properly on the other computer.

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