rather than go to that much work, I'd look for a different solution - like
creating a new profile with that address as a POP/SMTP account or see if any
mail merge utilities might meet your needs. A list of mass mail utilities is
at http://www.slipstick.com/addins/massmail.asp

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<cjg.groups@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Jul 22, 8:57 pm, "Diane Poremsky {MVP}" <outlook...@msn.com> wrote:
>> you need to log into that mailbox if you want to use it for the from
>> address
>> in a mail merge.
>>
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>> <cjg.gro...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> news:9edd9102-d241-43e0-8aa7-e88160557632@z66g2000hsc.googlegroups.com...
>>
>> > Hello, I am using Exchange 2007 and Outlook 2007, and I have Send As
>> > permission on a few e-mail accounts. Can I set one of them as the
>> > default for my From field in new messages?
>>
>> > I am trying to do an e-mail merge from Word 2007, sending a newsletter
>> > so it appears to come from my general-access address. If I set a
>> > default From in Outlook, I'm sure the merge will use it. With POP/
>> > IMAP, I could change my name in Account Settings, but I can't find
>> > that with MAPI on Exchange. Any ideas?
>>
>> > Thanks.
>
> Thanks. The trick is, I'm trying to Send As a mail-enabled
> distribution group. That way, replies will go to all of the project
> team members in the group. I don't think anyone can log in as a
> distribution group.
>
> What I should do is delete the group and create a user with its
> address. Then, share that user's mailbox to each team member and give
> them all Send As. They'd all receive messages sent to that account
> (though not in their main Inbox; they'd have to check the account's
> Inbox). And, they could mail merge by logging in as that user (which
> would prevent them from accessing their My Documents while not logged
> in as themselves).
>
> I'll see how this setup works. Thanks.