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Issue with Outlook when replying to message

Fixed.

The issue was with an autocomplete entry. Autocomplete was placing the alias in the To: field when clicking Reply. The solution was to delete the autocomplete entry from Outlook's list.

<p>Fixed.</p><p>The issue was with an autocomplete entry. Autocomplete was placing the alias in the To: field when clicking Reply. The solution was to delete the autocomplete entry from Outlook's list.</p>

Hi

We saw an issue last week where a couple of people using Outlook who replied to a message sent from our domain were getting non-delivery responses. The message was addressed to the recipients using a distribution list.

We are using the latest versions of Pegasus Mail and Mercury/32.

What happened is that when the recipients (we are aware of three who were affected by this) use the Reply function Outlook puts the alias in the To: field. The From: field contains the full address.

For example, the recipient opens my message and my address is shown in the From: field as green.man@mydomain.com. Their mail client will have this listed in their contacts as:
 
Green Man = green.man@mydomain.com.
 
When they click reply, Outlook is placing 'Green Man' in the To: field and not green.man@mydomain.com

My question is has anyone seen this behaviour before and do you know what may be causing it? I understand this may be an Outlook issue or an issue with their set-up, but I would like to make sure that this was not caused by something at our end.

One of the people who had this issue forwarded me their reply:
 
From: Green Man [mailto:green.man@mydomain.com] 
Sent: 07 March 2014 16:59
To: Green Man 
 
Has anyone seen this before or know what the issue may be, please?
 
Thanks! 
<div>Hi</div><div> </div><div>We saw an issue last week where a couple of people using Outlook who replied to a message sent from our domain were getting non-delivery responses. The message was addressed to the recipients using a distribution list.</div><div> </div><div>We are using the latest versions of Pegasus Mail and Mercury/32.</div><div> </div><div>What happened is that when the recipients (we are aware of three who were affected by this) use the Reply function Outlook puts the alias in the To: field. The From: field contains the full address.</div><div> </div><div>For example, the recipient opens my message and my address is shown in the From: field as green.man@mydomain.com. Their mail client will have this listed in their contacts as:</div><div> </div><div>G<span style="font-size: 10pt;">reen Man = green.man@mydomain.com.</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">When they click reply, Outlook is placing 'Green Man' in the To: field and not green.man@mydomain.com</span></div><div> </div><div>My question is has anyone seen this behaviour before and do you know what may be causing it? I understand this may be an Outlook issue or an issue with their set-up, but I would like to make sure that this was not caused by something at our end.</div><div> </div><div>One of the people who had this issue forwarded me their reply:</div><div> </div><div>From: Green Man [mailto:green.man@mydomain.com] </div><div>Sent: 07 March 2014 16:59</div><div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">To: Green Man</span> </div><div> </div><div>Has anyone seen this before or know what the issue may be, please?</div><div> </div><div>Thanks! </div>

[quote user="Greenman"]

Hi


We saw an issue last week where a couple of people using Outlook who replied to a message sent from our domain were getting non-delivery responses. The message was addressed to the recipients using a distribution list.


We are using the latest versions of Pegasus Mail and Mercury/32.


What happened is that when the recipients (we are aware of three who were affected by this) use the Reply function Outlook puts the alias in the To: field. The From: field contains the full address.


For example, the recipient opens my message and my address is shown in the From: field as green.man@mydomain.com. Their mail client will have this listed in their contacts as:

 

Green Man = green.man@mydomain.com.

 

When they click reply, Outlook is placing 'Green Man' in the To: field and not green.man@mydomain.com


My question is has anyone seen this behaviour before and do you know what may be causing it? I understand this may be an Outlook issue or an issue with their set-up, but I would like to make sure that this was not caused by something at our end.


One of the people who had this issue forwarded me their reply:

 

From: Green Man [mailto:green.man@mydomain.com] 

Sent: 07 March 2014 16:59

To: Green Man 

 

Has anyone seen this before or know what the issue may be, please?

 

Thanks! 

[/quote]

Without seeing all the headers of the messages I'm not sure what is happening, but I have seen an issue with Outlook where it defaults to replying to the Sender: address in preference to the From: or Reply to:.

 

[quote user="Greenman"] <DIV>Hi</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We saw an issue last week where a couple of people using Outlook who replied to a message sent from our domain were getting non-delivery responses. The message was addressed to the recipients using a distribution list.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>We are using the latest versions of Pegasus Mail and Mercury/32.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What happened is that when the recipients (we are aware of three who were affected by this) use the Reply function Outlook puts the alias in the To: field. The From: field contains the full address.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For example, the recipient opens my message and my address is shown in the From: field as green.man@mydomain.com. Their mail client will have this listed in their contacts as:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>G<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">reen Man = green.man@mydomain.com.</SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">When they click reply, Outlook is placing 'Green Man' in the To: field and not green.man@mydomain.com</SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My question is has anyone seen this behaviour before and do you know what may be causing it? I understand this may be an Outlook issue or an issue with their set-up, but I would like to make sure that this was not caused by something at our end.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>One of the people who had this issue forwarded me their reply:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>From: Green Man [mailto:green.man@mydomain.com] </DIV> <DIV>Sent: 07 March 2014 16:59</DIV> <DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">To: Green Man</SPAN> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Has anyone seen this before or know what the issue may be, please?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks! </DIV> <P>[/quote]</P> <P>Without seeing all the headers of the messages I'm not sure what is happening, but I have seen an issue with Outlook where it defaults to replying to the Sender: address in preference to the From: or Reply to:.</P> <P mce_keep="true"> </P>
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