Outlook 2010, Multiple Accounts & Default Account

[tobzoownDouth]

Ja, sannsynligvis sa det er

[robdam1001]

Will this issue EVER be addressed and fixed?

[saltiel]

If you used pop accounts and all went into one pst, the default would work as in older versions. If theyeach had their own pst, it would vary with the selected folder.

Did you see the registry fix to force acccount selection? That is one solution to the problem for IMAP users - and there is a macro that always uses the default set in Account settings.

The reg key and links to the macro are here:: http://www.slipstick.com/emo/2010/up100826.htm#4

This is the worst thing that could have happened for default account setting. This registry "fix" does not work (it doesn't even properly point to the folder in the registry). I am sorry I upgraded to Office 2010 now unless I can make my "default account" the default account all the time. Even my calendar assumes the wrong email address.

Yes - I am am IMAP and POP account user and I need the IMAP account to be the default. Always.

Is there any real help for this??

[Diane Poremsky]

Try this:
Create a POP3 account using the IMAP email address. Use Mail for the incoming server, the correct smtp for the IMAP account and deliver it to the default PST. Configure the outgoing server authentication then in Account settings, set it as default email account. At this point you have the desired email address delivering to the default pst. close the dialog.

press ctrl+alt+s to open the send/receive settings. Edit the settings - select the new fake POP account and set it to send only.

All new mail send outside of outlook and while viewing the pst folders should use the desired default address, as will mail sent while viewing the imap folder.

[Diane Poremsky]

This registry "fix" does not work (it doesn't even properly point to the folder in the registry).

It works - you do need to create the registry keys in the path if they do not exist. Or you can set it using the group policy templates for Office 2010.

[Klips]

This is a terrible BUG (not a feature). What's the point of calling it "default" if it doesn't behave as the "default"?

This to me is a bug and not a feature unless it is changed to be an option for those that want it to be this way.

I don't want to hack the registry, create some fake email account, or try any other method to "FIX-IT".

I really would like to see this fixed at the source (i.e., MS)!!!!! Please....

[TimGil]

Try this:
Create a POP3 account using the IMAP email address. Use Mail for the incoming server, the correct smtp for the IMAP account and deliver it to the default PST. Configure the outgoing server authentication then in Account settings, set it as default email account. At this point you have the desired email address delivering to the default pst. close the dialog.

press ctrl+alt+s to open the send/receive settings. Edit the settings - select the new fake POP account and set it to send only.

All new mail send outside of outlook and while viewing the pst folders should use the desired default address, as will mail sent while viewing the imap folder.

I have sort of the opposite problem:

I have a pop account to send and receive my email, and an exchange server that i use to be the destination storage. So i have an exchange connection and an .ost file, and all my mail is stored on the exchange server. The exchange server is not configured to send and receive mail at all. We share the calendar and contacts, and use it as a centralized storage for everyone's mail. So, if i am viewing my inbox, which is on the exchange server, and send email to someone i sometimes get a bounce message from the exchange server saying that the email was not sent because no exchange connector is configured (I know this!) How am i going to get outlook 2010 to send from the correct account -the pop account- which is set as default when i am viewing all my mail in the exchange mailbox?

[Diane Poremsky]

Yeah, it's really tough to do anything when you have an exchange account. I'm hoping sp1 or a hotfix will address this problem.

However, for various reasons (not just this one) we recommend configuring Exchange to send using a smart host (ie, forward mail to your pop3's smtp server) and setting your pop3 email address as the default smtp address in Exchange. This would solve this problem. There are 3rd party Pop3 connectors you can use so exchange downloads your email too, but you can certainly keep the pop and smtp account in Outlook and let it do the downloading. It won't matter which account sends the mail as both use the same From address and send it to the smtp server.

[jrichview]

So, last post was March 2011 some 4 months ago. Any news on addressing this issue?

[Forum Admin]

Oh, yes.. I forgot to update this page - it's fixed in SP1. See http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2...t_acct.asp#sp1 for the reg key you need to set - it works for Send to and mailto commands without the key but if you deliver pop to the default pst, you need to use the reg key to force it to act completely like previous versions.