@snanny: "Hi. I have two accounts in Mail. I had to make some changes to the 
servers of my main account. However, now my second account is the 
default. I don't want it to be.  But I can't figure out how to change 
the default account.  I've looked through Mail's preferences and I don't 
see an option for changing it. Maybe I am missing something. Any advice 
is appreciated.
Thanks,
Snanny"
    @MeetMe: "<quote>
I also have two accounts, neither of which is the default account, they 
are both of equal importance, I use them both equally for my email needs.
What makes one of your accounts the default?"
    @uce: "<quote>
I suspect the OP is talking about which account is used when a new 
message is created. Mail's got a setting on the "Composing" page of its 
prefs window for that.
I saw a truck today that had "AAA Batteries / Delivered and Installed" on the
side. My first thought was: That's a really weird business model. How many
inept people have urgent need of skinny little battery cells?"
    @MeetMe: "<quote>
I just click on the account's inbox and then press Command Key+N and the 
new mail automatically is issued from that account."
    @uce: "<quote>
That's one of the selectable behaviors. I *think* it's the default.
I saw a truck today that had "AAA Batteries / Delivered and Installed" on the
side. My first thought was: That's a really weird business model. How many
inept people have urgent need of skinny little battery cells?"
    @lybanon: "<quote>
I'm still not sure what you mean by the "default account," since all of 
the mail accounts have equal "weight."  But if you are referring to 
which account new mail is sent from, when you open a new composition 
window and don't change anything,
Preferences
   Composing
      Send new mail from:  <dropdown menu>
Pick what you want.
If you look at the Accounts tab in Preferences you will see that there 
is nothing that will give one account any more "authority" than any 
other account."
    @barmar: "<email_address>,
<quote>
It's not in the Accounts tab, it's in the Composing tab, labeled "Send 
new mail from".  You can choose a specific account or "Account of last 
viewed mailbox".
Barry Margolin, <email_address>
Arlington, MA
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    @barmar: "<quote>
What other feature of an account is relevant as a default?
Barry Margolin, <email_address>
Arlington, MA
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    @lybanon: "<quote>
I said that.  Repeating:
THEN I pointed out that there was nothing in the Accounts tab that 
favors one account over another."
    @barmar: "<quote>
And doesn't it use that setting from the default in the Composing tab?
Barry Margolin, <email_address>
Arlington, MA
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