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Ellen Johnson - 30 Mar 2004 19:30 GMT

Hello,

When I send out emails using Outlook Express, my emails
are sent out as Ellen Johnson (my name). However, a
friend has told me that the headers of my emails mention
my married name:

E.g. Return-Path: [my email address] from ellensmith

I've recently divorced and don't want my married name
(Smith) showing up on email headers. How do I change the
return-path name?

Ellen.

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John Clifford Hole - 30 Mar 2004 21:58 GMT

Ellen,

Click on TOOLS/ACCOUNTS/ACCOUNT NAME/PROPERTIES and amend the details in there.

Do this for each news and mail account that you want to change this info in.

John Clifford Hole [MVP] of Enfield Middlesex

> Hello,
>
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> Ellen.

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Ellen - 30 Mar 2004 22:48 GMT

Hi John,

I have looked at my account properties and my name is
written as Ellen Johnson. However, when I send out
emails, this is what the header says:

Return-Path: [my email address]
Received: from ellensmith ([my IP address])
From: Ellen Johnson

I can't understand why it says received from Ellen Smith
and from Ellen Johnson.

>-----Original Message-----
>Ellen,
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>John Clifford Hole [MVP] of Enfield Middlesex

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE - 30 Mar 2004 23:40 GMT

> Hi John,
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>> John Clifford Hole [MVP] of Enfield Middlesex

What does it list in the email address?
You can't change that without the cooperation of your ISP.

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anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 31 Mar 2004 01:29 GMT

Hello,

I have finally solved my problem on my own :)

What I did was go to Start > Settings > Control Panel >
Network

In the Identification tab, I changed my computer name from
Ellen Smith to Ellen Johnson. After restarting my
computer, I sent an email using Outlook Express and my
friend confirmed the email header now states:

Return-Path: [my email address]
Received: from ellenjohnson ([my IP address])
From: Ellen Johnson

>-----Original Message-----
>What does it list in the email address?
>You can't change that without the cooperation of your ISP.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE - 31 Mar 2004 04:07 GMT

> Hello,
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Thanks for the feedback. I learned something new.

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