I’ve got multiple email accounts but I actually only use 1 address to send my mails from. As Outlook always automatically uses the account that the message has been received with for sending as well, I need to change the account each time. How can I make Outlook always use the address of my default account instead? There is no option in Outlook to force it to always reply with the email address of your default account; replies and forwards will always use the account that the message has been received with. However, there are a couple of workarounds which can still make it work. Forward messages on the old server If these are old accounts and you only have configured them in Outlook to monitor if mail is still received on them, then you could opt to forward your mail to your new email address instead. Many mail providers offer this option in their web based mailbox. ![]() Once you add a second address, Outlook 2010, Outlook 2013, and Outlook 2016 automatically keep the first one your default email account - makes sense. So, if you want your newest account to become the new default, you'll have to do it manually, which is easy to do. Since this mail forward or redirect rule runs on the server, there is no need anymore to configure the account in Outlook. Collect messages on the new server Again, if these are old accounts, but a forwarder on your old address isn’t possible, then configuring your new mail account to collect mail from your old account could be a possibility. For instance, Gmail and Live Hotmail offer this functionality but many other mail providers as well. Now you only have to configure your new account in Outlook. Configure Outlook to prompt you for your account when sending If you are using Outlook 2010, then you can configure Outlook to prompt you for the sending account each time that you send a message. Configuring this can be done by changing a Registry setting. For details see; (this guide also contains some workarounds for previous versions of Outlook) Modify your account’s email address and SMTP server settings As always being prompted can be a pain, especially when you ALWAYS want to use your default account, then you can modify several of your email account settings to match your sending account. This can only be done when these are POP3 or IMAP accounts. For the non-default account you’ll have to • change the address to the address that you want to send out with. • use the SMTP server settings of the email address that you want to send with. • set the SMTP server logon information on the Outgoing Server tab of the More Settings dialog Example Assume you have a new email account for [email protected] which you want to use when replying to messages received with the [email protected] account as well. We also assume that the email addresses are the usernames. • In Outlook, select the “ File” menu, then choose “ Options“. • Select “ Mail” on the left pane. • Check the “ Automatically save items that have not been sent after this many minutes:” box to enable saving to the Drafts folder. Uncheck it to disable it. You may optionally want to change the amount of minutes or the folder the drafts are saved to within this same setting. • Select “ OK” and you’re done. Note: This will not have any bearing on the prompt to save your changes that appears when you close a message you are working on.
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