Vista - Sending email

I have 4 email accounts and the one I selected as default doesn't come up in
the "from" box. I have to click the arrow to ensure "from" reads as I want it
to. Why is this, and can I change it???

Do you mean when you originate a new message, OR when you
reply to a received message? It makes a difference.
When starting a new message it will use the default account.
When replying or forwarding it will use the identity of the account
that received the message.

Gary VanderMolen

"lou g" <loug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:821FE2D3-28AE-493F-A8F9-713FF3A7D891@microsoft.com...
>I have 4 email accounts and the one I selected as default doesn't come up in
> the "from" box. I have to click the arrow to ensure "from" reads as I want it
> to. Why is this, and can I change it???

You're correct of course, however in my case, when I forward a message it
defaults to another account, not the one that received the message.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Do you mean when you originate a new message, OR when you
> reply to a received message? It makes a difference.
> When starting a new message it will use the default account.
> When replying or forwarding it will use the identity of the account
> that received the message.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "lou g" <loug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:821FE2D3-28AE-493F-A8F9-713FF3A7D891@microsoft.com...
> >I have 4 email accounts and the one I selected as default doesn't come up in
> > the "from" box. I have to click the arrow to ensure "from" reads as I want it
> > to. Why is this, and can I change it???
>

Strange! I can't say I've ever seen that happen.

Gary VanderMolen

"lou g" <loug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7C72824-47DB-4145-BCCB-9AA2850325DA@microsoft.com...
> You're correct of course, however in my case, when I forward a message it
> defaults to another account, not the one that received the message.
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
>
>> Do you mean when you originate a new message, OR when you
>> reply to a received message? It makes a difference.
>> When starting a new message it will use the default account.
>> When replying or forwarding it will use the identity of the account
>> that received the message.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>> "lou g" <loug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:821FE2D3-28AE-493F-A8F9-713FF3A7D891@microsoft.com...
>> >I have 4 email accounts and the one I selected as default doesn't come up in
>> > the "from" box. I have to click the arrow to ensure "from" reads as I want it
>> > to. Why is this, and can I change it???
>>

Agree; I'll just have to watch the box to ensure it uses my default. Never
had this probably win Win XP, just started with Vista and Window Mail.

"Gary VanderMolen" wrote:

> Strange! I can't say I've ever seen that happen.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
> "lou g" <loug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7C72824-47DB-4145-BCCB-9AA2850325DA@microsoft.com...
> > You're correct of course, however in my case, when I forward a message it
> > defaults to another account, not the one that received the message.
> >
> > "Gary VanderMolen" wrote:
> >
> >> Do you mean when you originate a new message, OR when you
> >> reply to a received message? It makes a difference.
> >> When starting a new message it will use the default account.
> >> When replying or forwarding it will use the identity of the account
> >> that received the message.
> >>
> >> Gary VanderMolen
> >>
> >> "lou g" <loug@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:821FE2D3-28AE-493F-A8F9-713FF3A7D891@microsoft.com...
> >> >I have 4 email accounts and the one I selected as default doesn't come up in
> >> > the "from" box. I have to click the arrow to ensure "from" reads as I want it
> >> > to. Why is this, and can I change it???
> >>
>