No, you can't change the default behavior. The only workaround is
the manual override as I described below.
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Gary VanderMolen, MS-MVP
"Lori" <Lori@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:B8E93406-3207-401D-B5F7-ACD3B207C3C9@xxxxxx
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>I found Gary VanderMolen's post on 4/27/08 which explains "(t)he default
> behavior is that replies will use whatever account downloaded the original
> message, while a new message uses the 'From' address associated with the
> currently selected account folder. Both of those defaults can be
> overridden
> by using the dropdown in the 'From' box."
>
> Fair enough.
>
> But is there a way I can get it to ALWAYS default to my main account as
> the
> 'From' in NEW messages UNLESS I change it to a different account? I have
> 9
> email accounts config'd in WLM and I often forget to click back on my main
> email account & / or manually change the 'From' dropdown so I've got
> emails
> that should be coming from one account coming from another and so forth.
>
> Note that I don't want / need to change the behavior on replies.
>
> Thanks for your time & tips!!!
>
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