You can finally do this in Outlook 2010. Or you can do this today with "Extraoutlook".
-sc > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 11:53 AM > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues > Subject: Re: Sending email from an alias > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:30 AM, Erik Goldoff <[email protected]> > wrote: > > on my Outlook 2003 there is an Accounts button right next to the Send > > button, and I can specify which account to send from ( I'm strictly > pop3 on > > this though, no exchange ) > > You don't get that option for Exchange accounts. More precisely, > Exchange is seen as a single MAPI account by Outlook, so Outlook can't > present the other email addresses. > > Ironic that Microsoft's own product doesn't allow flexibility with > their own proprietary protocol. This is one reason why I'm not a fan > of proprietary protocols. > > But, that gives me an idea: Configure the Exchange server to allow > SMTP relay. If you don't want that to be wide open for you whole LAN > (good idea), allow it for this one user (filter by IP address, or use > SMTP auth). Create a dummy POP3 account: Specify the email address, > and configure valid SMTP (outgoing) information, but specify a bogus > POP3 server and username. Then configure Outlook to never check > incoming mail for that POP3 account -- only send. I think that might > work. > > Another option is a separate mailbox, rather than an alias. With a > separate mailbox, you can give send-as permission to the user, and > they can type the alternate email address into the "From" field (use > "View" menu to see From field). Redirect all mail addressed to that > second mailbox to the user's regular mailbox. > > -- Ben
