How to change "from" email address

When I create or forward a message, the "from" box does not appear so I am
not able to change the email address I'm sending from. Since I share my
computer with others at home, we need to be able to change to the appropriate
"from" address especially when we are sending auto messages to an internet
site.

Help anyone?

Tools > Accounts > Mail: If there's only one (1) account here, the FROM
field will not appear.

For other family members to be able to Send or Forward from their email
addresses using the same Identity
(http://www.insideoe.com/files/store.htm#storemain) , their accounts will
have to be entered here.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP

grandma M wrote:
> When I create or forward a message, the "from" box does not appear so I am
> not able to change the email address I'm sending from. Since I share my
> computer with others at home, we need to be able to change to the
> appropriate "from" address especially when we are sending auto messages
> to an internet site.
>
> Help anyone?

To get the option to select the From address, you must have 2 or more
mail accounts setup in the current Outlook Express identity (Tools,
Accounts, Mail).

If you each have unique e-mail addresses with unique server mail
accounts, then it would be best that you each have your own identity
with just your own account. That way you don't have to mess with
selecting the from address or looking at other people's mail.

But if you have multiple e-mail addresses feeding into a single server
account, then things get messier. Then you need to set up the multiple
accounts within the identity.

A Multitude of Multiples: Using Outlook Express with Multiple E-mail
Addresses, Multiple Accounts, and Multiple Identities
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/IE/.../identity.mspx


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Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"grandma M" <grandma M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CCB7F2A-EB00-4BE8-8DBD-34995B6259B4@microsoft.com...
> When I create or forward a message, the "from" box does not appear so
> I am
> not able to change the email address I'm sending from. Since I share
> my
> computer with others at home, we need to be able to change to the
> appropriate
> "from" address especially when we are sending auto messages to an
> internet
> site.
>
> Help anyone?

"grandma M" <grandma M@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0CCB7F2A-EB00-4BE8-8DBD-34995B6259B4@microsoft.com...
> When I create or forward a message, the "from" box does not appear so I am
> not able to change the email address I'm sending from. Since I share my
> computer with others at home, we need to be able to change to the
> appropriate
> "from" address especially when we are sending auto messages to an internet
> site.
>
> Help anyone?

Tools Accounts. Set up a new account for other users there. You'll need
the incoming and outgoing settings, take them from your account if you are
using the same connection.