Greetings sherpaj,
I'm going to help answer your question regarding the use of multiple
email services with Outlook 2002 (XP). This may involve a bit of
troubleshooting, so please don't hesitate to "ask for clarification"
if you don't understand any of the instructions or need further
assistance with this answer.
What you're wanting to do is actually quite easy to setup and manage
using Outlook 2002. Outlook was designed to manage multiple types of
email accounts simultaneously, including Exchange and IMAP. The first
thing that needs to be done is have both of the services setup on your
profile. This is done by selecting "TOOLS --> EMAIL ACCOUNTS --> VIEW
OR CHANGE EXISTING E-MAIL ACCOUNTS". From this screen you can see
which accounts are currently setup and which one is your default
account. You'll need to add both your EXCHANGE account and your IMAP
account from this screen using the ADD button (if you haven't done so
already). You'll need the configuration parameters supplied to you by
your service provider. Once they are both entered, you will want to
select the IMAP account and then click "Set as Default". This will
make your IMAP account the default mail send/receive account as you
specified in your question. Save your changes and go back to your main
Outlook screen.
Now you will see both your IMAP and Exchange folders (contacts, etc)
from your folder view within Outlook. You can easily switch between
them and/or move data between them. When you send a new email message,
if your IMAP account is the default, it *should* use this address as
your reply-to address and go through the IMAP server. However, there
is a dropdown menu on the NEW MESSAGE screen that says "Accounts"
(next to the SEND button). You can dropdown this menu to actually
force it to send from one account or the other. This way you can
ensure it is being sent from your IMAP account and not the Exchange
account (or vice versa).
Determining how you want to utilize the two mail systems is entirely
up to you. You don't have to route email through the Exchange server
in order to take advantage of the calendar and task functions. You
mentioned wanting your IMAP address to appear as your reply-to address
"no matter what". You will have to get your Exchange administrator to
modify your account to reflect this change should you ever
accidentally send a message out using the Exchange service instead of
the IMAP service. You cannot designate the reply-to address for
Exchange from within Outlook. Another thing you can do is have the
Exchange administrator setup mail forwarding on your account so that
all of your email is forwarded to your IMAP account. This way, ALL
email correspondence is sent and received through the IMAP server and
you're only using the Exchange service for calendar and tasks. This is
probably what I would recommend so that you don't accidentally send
email through the Exchange server. If all incoming mail is addressed
to your IMAP account (through forwarding) and your default outgoing
account is the IMAP account, all of the correspondence should go
through the IMAP service.
As kripes mentioned in the comments, you can setup some advanced rules
if you want mail to automatically move from one folder to another or
forward to other places when it arrives based on different criteria. I
would look into the online help for creating Rules in Outlook if you
need help setting those up as there are many different options
available to you.
I hope that helps to answer your question. Please let me know if I can
help you futher as I'll be happy to conduct further research if
necessary. Thanks!
Sincerely,
PWizard |
