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Address book uses wrong "from" account

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paul_g37
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I use Thunderbird to access several email accounts. When I open the address book and right click a name, and select "Write", the email form opens with my oldest email account in "From". The address book was started when that account was my only email account. However this is no longer my preferred email account. How do I change the "From" account that address book uses? I haven't found a setting for this.

I'm using Thunderbird 24.6 on Windows 7.

I use Thunderbird to access several email accounts. When I open the address book and right click a name, and select "Write", the email form opens with my oldest email account in "From". The address book was started when that account was my only email account. However this is no longer my preferred email account. How do I change the "From" account that address book uses? I haven't found a setting for this. I'm using Thunderbird 24.6 on Windows 7.

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Tools/Account Settings, select the preferred account in the left pane, then Account Actions/Set as Default.

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Tools/Account Settings, select the preferred account in the left pane, then Account Actions/Set as Default.