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How do I allow e-mail recipients to respond directly from the e-mail I send them (Microsoft Outlook 2007)?

I was just told by one of the people I e-mail frequently that they are now unable to respond directly to e-mails I send them. When they click on the "reply" e-mail command, they are told that they cannot do that with the way this e-mail is set up.

I just looked through all of the options and preferences that I could imagine in Microsoft Outlook and did not see anything which would justify this behavior. Do you have any idea what might be causing this?

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Are you sending out emails as blind (bcc) groups with no from address other than in the group. I think I have seen that before.

Try sending one email (not a group) to one of the persons affected and see if they can reply.

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Actually, I heard this from one person only and it involves a regular single e-mail that is sent. No group, bcc, or anything fancy.

vvk, do you mean to choose "Forward as attachment"?
Check your Oulook Account to make sure it has a name and email address, then send it to someone else and see if they can reply. It may be the other person's issue. ... Thinkpads_User
Thanks. Will do.
I just got the results back from the e-mail I sent and here is the information:

the person doesn't have Outlook, but instead uses Lotus Notes. Regarding the last e-mail I sent, they were unable to reply with history again.  The exact message was: "You cannot forward or otherwise copy the contents of this document.   The document is set to prohibit copying and duplicating. "   

They indicate that occasionally, they are able to respond to e-mails I send without getting that type of message but the more likely situation is that the message stops them.    What they experience with my e-mail doesn't happen with anyone else's e-mails, so they think it is unlikely that the problem is on their end.

Based on this latest information, do you have any clues or suggestions? Thank you.
Try a new email to the same Lotus Notes person. This time, after clicking on New Email, set to Text (do not use HTML). Craft a simple text message, no attachments and send again. Ask them what happens.

Forward a copy of the same text email (so make it a bland test) to someone who has Outlook and see what they say.


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photoman11 - Make sure you are not using RTF format. So far as I can see and have tested, RTF is the least portable and most troublesome of all formats. Check that your outbound email and any attachments are not in RTF format. ... Thinkpads_User
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In looking over every setting, the only thing I've found which might have any impact as far as I can tell is:

Under the advanced e-mail options window, I had "when sending a message" set the importance to personal. I have now changed it to "normal."

Under Tracking Options, I had enabled "delete Blank voting and meeting responses after processing" but I must admit that I have absolutely no idea what that means or what effect it has.

The message format was set to HTML. When I click on Internet Format," I Was Shown the Attached screenshot Which I Also Have No Idea What It Means.

Any ideas on that?
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>>> I had "when sending a message" set the importance to personal. I have now changed it to "normal."   <-- Normal is default and what I always use. So setting to normal will be fine.

>>> "delete Blank voting and meeting responses after processing  <-- Delete Blank voting and the two things under that are unchecked (not enabled) by default.

>>> When I click on Internet Format," I Was Shown the Attached screenshot  <-- That is supposed to convert RTF to HTML which it probably does.

So a couple of things:
1. You have gone pretty deeply into Outlook options to change things, so other things may also be changed. Look through various options and Restore Defaults wherever possible and then set only what you need to.

2. Did you send test TEXT emails to your Notes colleague and one other person? What was the result of that test?

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Regarding #2, I did to my colleague that was notifying me of the issue. I did not send to anyone else yet.

If I restore defaults, I'm going to need to go through and change dozens of custom settings. Did I understand you correctly or were you suggesting something else by setting default?
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Thanks. Will do.
Thank you. I was pleased to assist.  ... Thinkpads_User