How do I make an default account?

[Peter]

Hello,

Using T'bird 45.1.1 (and previous versions) I have two accounts - one IMAP and the other POP with two different ISP's.  Is there a setting that ensures that whenever I want to compose an email, it defaults to one, the IMAP?

Regards
Peter

[Big Al]

On 06/13/2016 06:52 AM, Peter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Using T'bird 45.1.1 (and previous versions) I have two accounts - one
> IMAP and the other POP with two different ISP's. Is there a setting

> that ensures that wheneverI want to compose an email, it defaults to
> one, the IMAP?
>
> Regards
> /Peter/

Of course I made the default first, but that's water over the damn.
I found that when I click on any account in the left pane, (list of
accounts and mailboxes etc), and pick an account then view settings.
In the left hand list of accounts and their respective options pick any
account. Down at the bottom in account actions button. Hitting it
will show a "set default" check box. My default is grayed out and
checked obviously. All the others are not grayed out but checked.

So I interpret that as I can set all the others to default and change
it, but not the current default.

[WaltS48]

On 06/13/2016 06:52 AM, Peter wrote:

Have you tried Manage Identities?

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[Good Guy]

Go to Accounts Settings and scroll down all the way on the left side until you find an item called Outgoing server (SMTP) - See this picture:





Now from here, mark one account as default and delete the rest.  You need to delete the others so that only one SMTP is used by default.

Hope this helps.

[EE]

Good Guy wrote:
> On 13/06/2016 11:52, Peter wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Using T'bird 45.1.1 (and previous versions) I have two accounts - one
>> IMAP and the other POP with two different ISP's. Is there a setting

>> that ensures that wheneverI want to compose an email, it defaults to
>> one, the IMAP?
>>
>> Regards
>> /Peter/

>>
> Go to Accounts Settings and scroll down all the way on the left side
> until you find an item called Outgoing server (SMTP) - See this picture:
>

> SMTP Settings
> <http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/cc4da0e6-4240-41cd-b748-15e78182cec3/2016-06-13_1807.png>

>
>
>
>
> Now from here, mark one account as default and delete the rest. You need
> to delete the others so that only one SMTP is used by default.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>

If you mark one as default, there is no need to delete the rest. The
default one will be used anyway.

[Good Guy]

Not if you reply to an email received to a non-default account.  I just tried it and it used outlook.com SMTP when my default is Yahoo when replying to an outlook.com message.

Have you tried it?

[Good Guy]

On 14/06/2016 19:37, EE wrote:

If you decide not to delete other accounts then you need to change this settings as well:

[John Kaufmann]

On 2016-06-14 16:49, Good Guy wrote:
> On 14/06/2016 19:37, EE wrote:
>> Good Guy wrote:
>>>

>>> Go to Accounts Settings and scroll down all the way on the left side
>>> until you find an item called Outgoing server (SMTP) - See this picture:
>>>
>>> SMTP Settings
>>> <http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/cc4da0e6-4240-41cd-b748-15e78182cec3/2016-06-13_1807.png>
>>>
>>> Now from here, mark one account as default and delete the rest. You need
>>> to delete the others so that only one SMTP is used by default.
>>

>> If you mark one as default, there is no need to delete the rest. The
>> default one will be used anyway.
>

> If you decide not to delete other accounts then you need to change this
> settings as well:
>

> Change This Settings
> <http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/435018be-9370-4723-84a3-c19d56395058/2016-06-14_2147.png>

Isn't it adequate to leave that setting at "Use Default Server"?

[Good Guy]

I tried it on my machine (Windows 10) on which I have GMAIL, Outlook/Hotmail and Yahoo accounts and my default SMTP is Yahoo.  When I reply to emails received in Hotmail or GMAIL, TB always uses their own respective SMTP servers.  So for Hotmail it uses outlook.com and for gmail it uses gmail's SMTP servers despite my default being Yahoo.  I suggest try it on your machine and let us know so that if it is a bug then this filed accordingly.

[Chris Ramsden]

On 2016-06-13 11:52, Peter wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Using T'bird 45.1.1 (and previous versions) I have two accounts - one
> IMAP and the other POP with two different ISP's. Is there a setting
> that ensures that wheneverI want to compose an email, it defaults to
> one, the IMAP?
>
> Regards
> /Peter/

I'm not sure all this stuff about SMTP and default accounts is useful or
good advice. Most providers require you to use the SMTP they provide and
won't carry (they call it "relaying") messages from other domains. Start
removing SMTP servers and you'll kill your accounts.

Thunderbird's "default account" is useful if you /start/ writing a new
message while in Local Folders, where there is no associated email account.

If you /reply/ to a message, it should use the incoming "to" address as
the new outgoing "from" address.

If you start a message in a "real" account's folders it will use that
account for the outgoing "from" identity.

My best suggestion for a default account is to use the Folder Account
add-on, which lets you associate any folder with a specific identity,
and it will then use that identity as the outgoing address when starting
a new message, and optionally, when replying to old messages.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/addon/folder-account/?src=api

Apart from that there are many add-ons which will nag or warn you, or
help you with colour coding to assist in spotting when you're using an
inappropriate outgoing "from" identity.

e.g. Correct Identity, Confirm-Address etc
--
Chris

[EE]

I have only used that with POP3 accounts, and it works that way with
those. In fact, I did not want the default to be used all the time and
had to change a few settings to keep one account entirely separate.