[Users] Reply comes from wrong account

[Milan Obuch]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:52:44 -0700
Joe Riel <joer at san.rr.com> wrote:

> On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 11:46:39 -0700
> Joe Riel <joer at san.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 18 Aug 2022 06:44:53 +0200
> > Milan Obuch <claws-mail-users at dino.sk> wrote:
> >   
> > > On Wed, 17 Aug 2022 15:54:22 -0700
> > > Joe Riel <joer at san.rr.com> wrote:
> > >     
> > > > My claws-mail handles two mail accounts. Normally if I respond
> > > > to an email in one account, it uses that in the from header.
> > > > However, when responding to email from a particular group, it
> > > > uses the other account.
> > > > 
> > > > How can I change that? I can manually change the from field, but
> > > > shouldn't have to.
> > > >       
> > > 
> > > Some more details are needed - are you using POP3 or IMAP
> > > account? How are your local folders (if any) organized? What does
> > > it mean 'email from particular group'? Are there any special
> > > headers?
> > > 
> > > There must be a logical cause for the behaviour you are seeing,
> > > and these questions (maybe some others as well) need to be
> > > answered to find it.    
> > 
> > Am using pop3 for both accounts. The mail from one account goes
> > into one folder, the mail from another into a different folder. By
> > email from a particular group, I mean from a particular mailing list
> > (sort of like this mailing list, only a different one). It appears
> > in the proper inbox, but when I respond to it, my From field is
> > set to the other email address, which won't work.
> > 
> > Hmm. Actually, the same thing is happening with this email (from
> > the claws-mail group); I have to manually change my From selection
> > when replying. This should be automatic. Where is the
> > configuration for this?  
> 
> Okay, figured it out. Right-clicked on the top-level folder
> associated with the particular pop3 account, selected Properties >
> Compose > Default Account, selected the desired account, and then
> clicked Apply to all subfolders.
>

Great you found it. I think if you are using POP3, with no additional
configuration every reply comes from default account. It is easy to
override, however, as you already found.

Regards,
Milan