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"From:" will not use default. TB 78.4.3

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GlenB
GlenB
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When I click "write" to start a new email, the "From:" is never the "default" that I set in "Manage Identities." My default is G@startmail.com. The "From:" is automatically populated with P@gmail.com I currently have 5 email addresses setup in Thunderbird and P@gmail.com is the first in the list of emails under "Account Settings." Is it because the G@startmail.com account has different settings than the gmail accounts? The startmail settings are: 

   IMAP    Port 993
   SSL/TLS
   Normal Password
When I click "write" to start a new email, the "From:" is never the "default" that I set in "Manage Identities." My default is G@startmail.com. The "From:" is automatically populated with P@gmail.com I currently have 5 email addresses setup in Thunderbird and P@gmail.com is the first in the list of emails under "Account Settings." Is it because the G@startmail.com account has different settings than the gmail accounts? The startmail settings are: IMAP Port 993 SSL/TLS Normal Password

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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When you start a new message, TB will use the address of the account for the folder that is currently open. It's possible to set the From: address for every folder, with an add-on:

https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/folder-account/