Stupid Mail question

[DaiKirai]

I have two e-mail accounts set up. How do I choose which one I want to send a message from? There doesn't seem to be an option anywhere.

 

[joker2]

Your address where it shows "From" should be a pulldown box in and of itself. Choose "New Message" and try it.

 

[gizzard]

Mail will also choose the account based on which inbox you have selected.

 

[DaiKirai]

Your address where it shows "From" should be a pulldown box in and of itself. Choose "New Message" and try it.

Er... what if I don't have a "From" field? Only "To", "Cc" and "Subject" appear in new messages.

Mail will also choose the account based on which inbox you have selected.

Doesn't seem to work...

 

[mad jew]

For the latest Mail:

If you have multiple email accounts, you can set which account a message is sent from. By default, messages are sent from the account of the last viewed mailbox.

Using Mail Preferences, you can choose a specific account from which all email messages are sent. You can also display a pop-up menu in your new message windows that lets you choose a different account for each message you send.



To set the account from which to send all messages, choose Mail > Preferences. Click Composing and choose the account from the "Send new mail from" pop-up menu.

To display the Account pop-up menu in new message windows, choose File > New Message. Click the Action pop-up menu in the lower-left corner of the header area and choose Customize. Select the checkbox next to Account, then click OK.


To change the order in which accounts are listed in the mailbox list, drag the account mailboxes into the order you want in your Inbox. You can also rearrange the account order in the Accounts pane of Mail Preferences.

You have more than one account active, right?

 

[joker2]

Are you running Tiger? Under Mail --> Preferences -->Composing
you can choose what account to default to, or use the "last viewed" one.

Also, click the button just to the left of the Subject and click "Customize"



Then choose the checkmark by "Account:" and you'll be able to see the account you're sending from. Hit OK, and that will show up on your composing window from then on.

//edit: madjew, you beat me to it. *shrug* oh well Glad you found that information from the Apple source.

 

[DJY]

I actually have an "Account" field below "Subject" whenever I create a new message, or forward an email.
This allows me to simply select which email account I wish to use to send each email.

I have my default email account on top of the three others I have in order (under InBox).

I personally believe Mail manages multiple accounts very simply and conveniently.... much better than other email apps I have used (mostly Windoze based).

 

[mad jew]

I actually have an "Account" field below "Subject" whenever I create a new message, or forward an email.
This allows me to simply select which email account I wish to use to send each email.

Did you change the default settings or are you not running Tiger? The latest Mail (2.0) is slightly different to the older versions in this regard but it still works effectively the same way. And I agree, Mail is the best at handling multiple accounts.

 

[DJY]

Running latest of everything.... Tiger and Mail 2.0.5.