Since updating to El Capitan, the Mail App does not use my email address in my Exchange account email compositions. If I compose a new message in that account or reply to a message in that account, the default email address that the app uses is either from my yahoo or gmail accounts. The exchange email address is not even listed in the Preferences -> composition tab. Whats up?
Is the account online?
Mail > Preferences > Accounts
Select your account
Click the "Account Information" tab, and make sure "Enable this account" is checked
Open the Internet Accounts pane in System Preferences. Make a note of the settings for the Exchange account, then delete the account. The messages will remain on the server. Recreate the account with the same settings.
Pmintz25 - yes the account is online.
I was trying to avoid recreating the account, but i guess that'll be the next step.
thnx
Yeah that's a bummer.
You can always double check the account's settings with Microsoft. If you run into issues setting it up through Mail as an Exchange account, try setting it up by manually inputting the server settings. Just hit "Add Other Mail Account..."
Not sure what the exchange settings are unfortunately. May this article will help.
Use Microsoft Exchange (EWS) accounts in Mail on your Mac - Apple Support
Try Mail/Preferences/Accounts /Account Information. Select an account, then go to Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP). From the drop down menu select Edit SMPT server list. Then set up a server for each mail account so that is associated with the e-mail address. Then go to each account and set that server as the Outgoing Mail Server (SMPT). You can click Use only this server if desired.
Use Only This Server box does not exist anymore. But if the server set for an account goes offline, it should give you a pop up to use another instead of selecting another on its own like it use to when the box wasn't checked.
I have the same problem The Beach ball keeps rolling unable to use by exchange mail? help
fyi.
re-created the account - did not fix the problem.
All emails there but the emaill address of the exchange account does not exist to compose emails, or replies
I'm not sure if this makes sense....but i just did the digital camera update. After which Mail closed itself. When i reopened MAIL all was well. Go figure!
Mail App not using my exchange email address
