On 5 Oct 2011, at 19:27, Steve Hodgson wrote: >> For new messages (I assume you are not asking about replies) the >> identity used for the default From header is based on the currently >> selected message and if such a message does not exist then it is >> based >> on the bottom-most message displayed in the outline. This last part >> is >> actually a bug (fixed now) since it should take the sorting of the >> outline into account (I have the newest message at the bottom >> myself). > > There are two problems I typically experience currently. I should > probably say that I have three accounts; IMAP, Gmail and MobileMe - of > which I use the last one very rarely. My default would generally be to > use my IMAP (Fastmail) account and then the other two only rarely, or > where replying to messages sent those accounts. > > Often I find that when I create messages from my unread folder I end > up using another account from the one I expect and I can understand > that now. In my case it appears to also use the newest message which > is sorted to appear at the top.
No, if nothing is selected then MailMate always bases it on the bottom-most message (as described above). > What I don't like about this arrangement is that's it's not always > predictable what account will be used. Well, it is predictable, but I agree that it is not always intuitive. A better strategy is needed and maybe an option to override with a fixed choice of account. > What I have noticed is that treating a new mail message from a > sub-folder within SOURCES will generally use the parent account but > just occasionally but just occasionally seems unable to pick-up the > account name and just shows the account address but not the name. This > hasn't been repeatable through. I haven?t seen this behavior myself. If you are able to repeat it later on then write me a note. Kind regards, Benny
