{"id":76346,"date":"2021-07-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=76346"},"modified":"2021-07-13T16:08:39","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T21:08:39","slug":"set-default-account-macos-mail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/76346-set-default-account-macos-mail\/","title":{"rendered":"QUICK TIP: How to Set a Default Account in macOS Mail"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I have six email addresses: five business ones and one personal address. If I don\u2019t set a default mail account, each time I write a new email it’s sent from one of my business addresses. If I want to send the mail from my personal address, I have to remember to choose the correct personal account from a drop-down box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, most of my email correspondence is business-related, so I want my Apple World Today<\/a><\/em> email address to be my default email account. (I\u2019m the editor of the news site). Thankfully, that\u2019s easy with macOS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Set Default Mail Account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Open the Mail<\/strong> application on your Mac and select “Mail > Preferences” from the menu bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Click\u00a0the Composing<\/strong> tab at the top of the Composing preferences window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Choose the desired account from the drop-down menu next to \u201cSend new messages from.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you want to use another mail server to send a message, in the New Message<\/strong> compose window, below “To, Cc, Subject” is the From<\/strong> line where you can select a different server from which to send your mail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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