Comments on: Setting a Default Email Address in Mail

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:31:13 +0000

Thanks. I looked all over the place and overlooked it until I read your instructions. I couldn’t find it in Mail’s help. Maybe I’m blind, or maybe it isn’t there.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:53:09 +0000

This doesn’t work for me. Even when I select one account in the “From:” field the email is sent from another account. I’ve done tons of testing and BCC myself to no avail.

By: Traci

Traci — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 00:18:45 +0000

I finally figured out how to do this after numerous embarrassing emails sent from my personal account. A visual reminder doesnt work for me, I need to be 100% sure they were always sending from same email account regardless of where they were sent from, here is how you do it:

Step 1 – Set default under preferences – composing – to send new messages from (select desired email). This will make all NEW emails send from that address.

Step 2 – To change all reply emails to reply from same email regardless of where the message was sent from, go into preferences – accounts – and under each account change the email address to your desired email from, and change outgoing server to only send from desired email, need to check the box below. I have tested replying from various inboxes and it so far has always been from my correct email. Hope this helps, as I was horrified when I saw my college email in an outgoing email to a CEO. Lovely.

By: David

David — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 11:45:27 +0000

Thanks! Also, is there a way to set a default “From” account when replying? I have multiple accounts but want to only use one when replying to messages. Unfortunately I can’t find a way other than manually selecting the “From” account every time I send a message.

By: bobby

bobby — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:38:57 +0000

Thanks that was driving me nuts

By: Joe Lafferty

Joe Lafferty — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:26:30 +0000

OK, just how simple it is to set a default email address in mac mail – save yourself some time! http://bit.ly/4uiOVZ

By: aj

aj — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:19:51 +0000

Thank you so much for this tip. I have sent out numerous emails from the wrong account and it’s frustrating when that happens. This will solve everything! Great article. Thank you.

By: Matt Washchuk

Matt Washchuk — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:01:16 +0000

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