Change email account when using Word 2106 mail merge

[Doug Forester]

In word 2003, in order to send email using an account different that my default email account, I went into Outlook, changed the default email account, and mail merge picked it up. In Word 2016, the default email account in Outlook 2016 is being ignored. How do I change the email account used for email messages in Word 2016 for mail merge?

 

[Doug Forester]

I found the answer to this question. IN Outlook 2016, go to File/Options/Mail. Look for the group "Send message". Turn on "Always use the default account when composing new messages".