Why is Outlook sending email using the wrong account?

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I googled to find this tip/explanation, thankyou for the solution.

I found my primary business account was default, but Outlook would always send using my configured Hotmail account as it's "Fallback"

This was due to a change of location - my SMTP server was still set to my previous location ISP SMTP server, which of course is configured by said ISP to prevent mail relay (using a non-local SMTP server to send email when not authorised to do so)

Changing my outgoing mail server to my current ISP's SMTP server fixed the problem.

Cheers

Ok, got a related problem.
Many people are using multiple account, so do I. The problem which I sometimes encounter is with sending new mail. You composed your new mail, pressed send and then realize that you didn't want to send it with your default account. By then it's already to late. So I was wondering if there is any option that prompts with a question/selectionlist which account is desired to be used for sending that email. This question can either be prompted at the beginning when started composing the mail or at the end when the send button is pressed. So in fact none of your accounts is set to default for sending mail. Someone any ideas for this? Thanks.

Ok, post above a little more specified:
1) the ability to have NO default From:
address for an account forces you to consciously specify a From: address before sending.
This is crucial to avoid accidentally sending a message with the wrong From address.

2) likewise, with replies, defaulting the From address to the To address helps avoid sending from the wrong account.
(latter one is already set for replies in outlook, but should maintain after setting option 1. So only forcing specified from address in new composed mail)

Years ago I had datasync.com, then for the past 4 years I had aol.com and since moving again, I now have bellsouth but outlook express keeps using aberry@datasync.com when it should be fberrypatch@bellsouth.net. How do I change this??? HELP

Similar to John above, I'd like to either:
1. always be prompted which account to send from
(painful but workable)
2. list which account to always use for specified contacts.

#2 is my preferred solution, but I haven't yet figured out how to do it.
I contract to different clients, for client A I'd like to ALWAYS use account A to send from, for Client B I'd like to ALWAYS use account B.

Any hints? solutions?

Hi I never had any problems with my old computer. I have 2 email and 4 aliases for my children and different users on xp outlook will only work one at a time as it defaults. Everytime a new user logs in and put up outlook there's takes over and mine won't work again.Could there be a setting on my computer somewhere telling it to do this?

How do I change the "default" email account in Outlook Express from a Hotmail account (which I don't use much anymore) to my Yahoo account?

For John and others...

One way of tackling the problem of needing to change an email after sending it is to set a 'defer rule' to delay the email from being sent for a specific period such as 1min.

That normally gives you enough time to rush to the Outbox and change either the account or other data such as correct the spelling of someone's name, add more content etc. - I find this tip very handy.

I shared an account while out of town for 3 months with a friend and his email addy was part of my account listings. The account has been disabled but not removed from the accounts list. However I received email to him to him in my inbox:

----- Original Message -----
From:
To:
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2006 4:29 PM
Subject: Microsoft Office Outlook Test Message

This is an e-mail message sent automatically by Microsoft Office Outlook's Account Manager while testing the settings for your POP3 account.

Update - I just checked outlook and my friend's account has been removed from my list of accounts.

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