Mail problem using 2 hotmail accounts

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Mail problem using 2 hotmail accounts

I use the standard Mac mail system v6.2 where I have 2 hotmail accounts, one for job and one for private mails.

When sending mail from the private mail address i specify that it should be from privat mail, however as it reaches its receipients it is actually sent by my job mail adress. This has not always been like this, but somhow changed 1-2 months ago and I dont know why.

In settings I have specified that it should use the account specified

Anyone know how to fix this??

Tx

Filip

MacBook Air, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)

Posted on Nov 22, 2012 6:10 AM

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Answer 1

LousyFool

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Nov 22, 2012 8:56 AM in response to filip11

In Mail Preferences, go to Accounts. In each of your accounts, check in the Account Information tab if...

- ...the Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP) is different = the correct one for the account. Even though both accounts are Hotmail, there should be two servers. Even if named the same, they should use different settings.

- ..."Use only this server" is checked.

(Whatever the fields are in your language... 😉)

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