How to Make Blank or Empy The "From:" Box to Force Choose Account.
App Version: Thunderbird 128.7.1esr (64-bit) Operation System: Linux Mint Xfce 22.1 Xia \n \l
How to make Thunderbird new message (email) window to appear with blank "From: account" field? I want this to force myself to always choose which account via the email to be sent!
I'm not afraid to edit config files if only that way it is possible! Or download addon which can help me in this!
PS. I too many times sent emails via my personal account instead of my public account which is annoying but it has been happening for more then a year to me so I gave up I ever manage to get used to check check which account is in the "From:" field. Please help! :'(
الحل المُختار
Normal method to choose the 'From' if you want to choose it prior to opening a 'New Message' window.
When you click on 'New Message/Write', the From email address will be whatever account currently has focus in Folder Pane.
So if you have accounts A,B and C and you want the 'From' to use 'B', then first select any folder in account B, so when you click on 'New Message' the From will use B account as email address.
I have located an addon which you may want to check out: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/identity-chooser/
It forces you to choose the sender address first.
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الحل المُختار
Normal method to choose the 'From' if you want to choose it prior to opening a 'New Message' window.
When you click on 'New Message/Write', the From email address will be whatever account currently has focus in Folder Pane.
So if you have accounts A,B and C and you want the 'From' to use 'B', then first select any folder in account B, so when you click on 'New Message' the From will use B account as email address.
I have located an addon which you may want to check out: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/identity-chooser/
It forces you to choose the sender address first.
Toad-Hall said
Normal method to choose the 'From' if you want to choose it prior to opening a 'New Message' window. When you click on 'New Message/Write', the From email address will be whatever account currently has focus in Folder Pane. So if you have accounts A,B and C and you want the 'From' to use 'B', then first select any folder in account B, so when you click on 'New Message' the From will use B account as email address. I have located an addon which you may want to check out: https://addons.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/addon/identity-chooser/ It forces you to choose the sender address first.
I LOVE IT! 🤩 Also it works with keyboard TAB>Enter and all goes with mouse use! Also love the "BorderColors D" addon your addon suggests! These both must solve my flaw of not checking the sender account! 🙌
PS. I noticed two typos in your addon's onboarding.html page. "You can you rearrange the order of your email adresses and" I think you wanted type "You can rearrange the order of your email addresses and"
It's okay. It happens to me all the time too. 🙃👎
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