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• # 112349
• Thu 11 Feb 2016 10:25 PM

Hi,

I am using outlook 2016 for my email.

I got married recently and would like the recipient to see the sender as my new name rather than my maiden name.

BUT.... I cannot find were the setting is to change this - all instructions I can find on the web are for earlier versions of outlook and the same field in 2016 has my e-mail address in it and wont allow it to be edited?

Anyone have any experiance with this that can help??

Any advice would be appriciated!

Tash

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• # 112351
• Fri 12 Feb 2016 07:11 AM

Hi Tash

right click on the relevant account and click account settings, then select change mailbox sync settings, there is then a name field that can be edited.

regards

PS this is Mail for windows which I think is also known as Outlook 2016, (and I hate it!) I've gone back to using the earlier version because the sent items folder in Mail doesn't always show all the emails actually sent.

• Carol

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• # 112357
• Sat 13 Feb 2016 08:38 PM

If you're using Outlook 2016 from Office 365 - i.e. the Office suite from Microsoft - not Outlook.com that I understand comes with Windows 10 - but is a totally different package - then try this

Login to your admin at https://portal.office.com - if this doesn't work, just Google office 365 admin and you'll find the right link.

Make sure you go into 'ADMIN', then USERS, then Active Users - tick on your email address that you need to change, then EDIT on the right side

In here, you'll see a box called 'Display Name' - this is where you can change what people see when you send them an email :-)

Save and exit

Hope it works for you

• Carol Saunders
  Lady of Ledger Book Keeping
  Telford, Shropshire

  
  

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• # 112358
• Sat 13 Feb 2016 09:18 PM

Thank you - I have now managed to change it with your help!!

• Tash :-)
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