How do I set Mail to send from specific account to specific recipient. Many thanks in advance

I have different external email accounts that I use within Mail.
Each time I send an email, I have to manually select from a drop down menu which email account I wish to use.
Is there any way within Mail to link recipients in my address book to the external email account so that I accidentally do not use the wrong external email account?
Many thanks in advance.

No. It will generally default to the one you last used.

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