Mary is right that there MUST be a default but....you can add the FROM:
item to your deafult configuration for new mail and type in the account
you wish to have the email come from. Messy but it works.

Betty
sidebyside wrote:
Hi - I have just upgraded to 2003 from 2000 (becauase it kept crashing)

I have 4 e-mail addresses for different parts of my role and have
installed all of them in the email accounts section - however - despite
which one I select from the accounts drop down in my e-mail it sends
only from the first account.

Also a similar issue occured with a collegue of mine trying to use the
rules wizard to sort by which account the e-mails came from - as soon
as you hit the OK button the "specified account name" defaults back to
the first on the list.

Any ideas