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[David R.Matusiak <dave AT matusiak.org>]

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.