change the order of Mac Mail accounts

With mail open on Mac, there is sidebar with list of email accounts (inboxes)

Put the mouse on one that you wish to put on top. you will see line (see screenshot) and you can drag and drop it above the others.

Do this with each one you want move to the order you want to appear.

No, that can not be done.

BUT! Something interesting to make note is this:

when i I enter the email address for who I’m emailing, the ”from” email filed always change automatically to the email address that I use for particular contact.

example: when emailing Work contacts, the FROM email address change to one that I have use for them. When email to friends, it switches to other email address in from field.

i have not find what this is actual called: but, I like how it works.

Hello rwzpv,

Thanks for that info and choosing the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like you want to move the order of the mailboxes in the sidebar in the Mail app on your Mac. Based on this Apple resource, you should be able to click and drag the mailboxes into the order you desire:

Move or copy mailboxes in Mail on Mac

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Are you saying you wish to arrange by type:

icloud.com

work account

prodess account

yahoo account?

if not the side bar, where do you want the list specifically?

can you post screenshot and (omit personal info )

im not sure I understand but am trying

Are you referring to either the server settings or the Preferences > Composing > send messages from? In either case, I believe the list is in the order you added the account and it cannot be re-arranged unless you wish to delete all of them and then create them again in the order you prefer.

As I said, I do not believe you can. No one else has offered a way to do so, so, even though I only have one email address I use in Mail, I believe my info is correct. As it is a drop down, is it that difficult to scroll down one or two account to get to the one you wish to use?

Actually, when I look at the drip down FROM field WITHOUT yet enter the email address I’m sending to OR from- the drop down in FROM list reflects exactly the order I have email accounts set up in system preferences- internet accounts. ( I never noticed because it’s easy enough to just choose- then found out emails account remembers which one is used for each contacts)

perhaps you should change yours to order you want-because it seems that it actually is reflected there.

you mention that iCloud is at top of your list- well- mine is at bottom- because it was last account I set up. This tells me you must have set iCloud up first. That is why it appear first.

seems it can be done the way you want after all.

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But you still have not tell me where you want it, you said not in the sidebar list.

I have not an idea of what you mean, and asked you to post screenshot to give me the idea.