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  • From: David R.Matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>
  • To: internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] Mac Mail help
  • Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:18:31 -0500

On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 02:01 PM, Diana Duncan wrote:

To those of you who use Mac Mail...

I have several email accounts. When I hit reply, the account selected is my default account rather than the account the original email was sent to. Does anyone know how to modify this behavior, if it's possible? I'm always getting these "You are not allowed to post" messages from Internetworkers because I'm always forgetting to change my account...

Diana --

I <3 my Mail.app, but it has given me more daylight horror visions than most mail applications. Still, I would rather drink the hemlock than ever go back. Here is the only tidbit of trickery I could discover dealing with your issue:

Ya know how all your accounts are grouped at the top with their respective Inboxes listed under "In"? Well, if you click on /that/ particular Inbox before you hit the "Compose New Message" button, it will automatically make that message "sent" from that particular account.

Now, I know this does not particularly help you with replying to list messages and I have no idea why Mac Mail cannot figure out this mystery. Instead, I have to be neurotic enough to examine the sending account for each message and choose wisely from the Account options before hitting send. But, yes - it is annoying to get those bounces from lists and have to re-send.

The final option (one that I don't like and don't use) is to simply subscribe every freaking email account you have to every freaking mailing list you are on (with the "No Mail" option set) and then your messages will always go thru. It may make less savvy list members think you are schizophrenic, however. Good luck.

dave m.





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