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Sending an email from an Outlook.com connected account, Outlook sends the email as "On behalf of" your Outlook.com account

Last updated: February 8, 2017

ISSUE

If Outlook is connected to a primary Outlook.com account that is also connected to other secondary non-Microsoft accounts (such as Gmail, Yahoo, etc.), when sending an email in Outlook, you are not able to choose the other secondary connected account as the "From" sending account.

If you manually type in the secondary connected account email address in the "From" field, the email is sent as "On behalf of" your primary Outlook.com account.

STATUS: WORKAROUND

Outlook supports sending from a secondary connected account for Microsoft owned domains such as @outlook.com, @live.com, @hotmail.com but has not implemented this functionality for third-party domains.

The Outlook team is listening to your feedback and investigating adding this functionality to future updates. To learn more about how to provide feedback, see How do I give feedback on Microsoft Office. In the meantime, please use the following workaround:

WORKAROUND

You can also add the secondary connected accounts (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) in Outlook.com as additional accounts in the Outlook profile.

  1. In Outlook, choose the File tab.

    Screenshot of left section of Outlook ribbon with File selected
  2. Under Account Information, choose Add Account.

    Add Account command in the Backstage view
  3. On the Auto Account Setup page, enter your name, email address, and password, and then choose Next.

    Note: If you receive an error message after choosing Next, double check your email address and password. If both are correct, see the next section.

  4. Choose Finish.

For more information, please see Outlook email setup.

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See Also

Outlook.com sends email "on behalf of" my email address 

Connect email accounts in Outlook on the web (Microsoft 365)

Outlook email setup

Fixes or workarounds for recent issues in Outlook for Windows

Resolve Outlook for Windows issues with automated troubleshooting tools

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