Default Sending Account Is Not Used in Outlook 2010

Outlook 2010 (prior to SP1) contains an issue that corrects a sending issue when you have multiple addresses synced in a Profile and you are unable to click on a mailto link.

This ends up boucing the email back from your other addresses’s Exchange server, disallowing you to send from your POP/IMAP account under your different email address.

Solution 1:

At the time of this writing, Apply Hotfix 2584053. Previous was: 2544027

Additional information here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2546733

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Solution 2:

Manually edit the following Registry key:

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK. (Run from an elevated command prompt.)
2. Locate and then select the following registry subkey:

   HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Options\Mail
   
   
   On the Edit menu, point to New, and then click DWORD (32-bit) Value.
   Type NewItemsUseDefaultSendingAccount, and then press ENTER.
   In the details pane, right-click NewItemsUseDefaultSendingAccount, and then click Modify.
   In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
   Exit Registry Editor.