23rd February 2001
Knock, knock! Who's there? Not the same person who sent that e-mail message to you. Er, at least... it's not from the same account. You may use your ISP's mail server for most of your SMTP (outgoing e-mail) transmissions, but you can have your friends reply to any number of addresses -- even one that isn't yours. Check your mail account settings for a "Reply to" or "Reply Address" option. Whatever you set this as will be the default address to which your recipients will respond. You can change this on a per-need basis in Outlook 2000. Before "Sending" a composed message to your Outbox, click the "Options" icon in the View menu. In the "Have replies sent to" field, go ahead and add as many addresses as your heart desires. This could come in handy when you need someone to respond to someone else (or to another account). Your particular mail client may not have this option, unfortunately.