I have MS Outlook 2016 and about 6 email accounts set up with it. Is there a way I can set one address to be the default for sending?
Currently, the sending address is whichever inbox I am viewing when I click 'New Email.' This has resulted in sending a lot of emails from the wrong address.
This is a small issue that could be solved by checking (changing) the from every time I send an email, but there has got to be a more efficient way to do it.
Any suggestions?
Best Answer
They finally added this feature in 2016.
Go to outlook options --> Mail --> Send Messages --> Check box "Always use the default account when composing new messages"
For anyone that is using Outlook 2013/2010 you have to change registry keys as follows:
In Outlook 2013, the key is:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\15.0\Outlook\Options\Mail DWORD value: NewItemsUseDefaultSendingAccount Value: 1
In Outlook 2010, edit this key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Options\Mail DWORD value: NewItemsUseDefaultSendingAccount Value: 1