Summary

This article explains how to set your default email response in the Outlook Web App to reply only to the sender of the original email (Reply), or to everyone listed in the To and Cc fields (Reply all). Your selected default setting appears on the top of the drop-down response menu in the email message window.

How-To

Instructions

Step 1 - Access your USNH email account 

Step 2 - Click the gear icon  in the upper right hand corner of the Outlook window.

Step 3 - Scroll to the bottom of the Settings menu, and click View all Outlook settings.

Step 4 - Select Mail > Compose and reply.

Step 5 - Under Reply or Reply all, choose a default response.

• Click Reply to respond only to the sender.
• Click Reply to all to respond to everyone in the To and Cc fields of the message.

Step 6 - Click Save.

Outcome

The selected default setting appears on the top of the drop-down response menu in the email message window.

Message Reply Menu

Default = Reply	Default = Reply all

  

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