Set default account option is grayed out for my main account

My original main email account used to be the top of the drop-down list (thus default) for creating new mail. Since I added a few gmail accounts, one of them appears first under Inbox and is now the top of the drop-down list. I can't figure out how to get my old primary account back as the default. In the account settings, it says that my desired default account is " a special account and has no identities associated with it". In the Tools-Account Settings menu, the "set as default" option is grayed out for this account. What does "special" mean and how can I return this account to being my default "from"?

In which case you are using what is normally called Local Folders which is a special private pseudo-account for offline storage.
Somewhere there will be an actual email account, though if it is using POP and has been set to use the Global Inbox, it may be hard to see.
Set '''View|Folders|All''' and see it if can be found. If not, you'll need to go to '''Tools|Account Settings''' and look at its properties there.
I guess at some point you have changed "Local Folders" to something else, which is going to make giving you advice difficult, and will make following any advice more difficult for you.

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Two years into this, I still find I can only do full duplex printing by using Windows XP running inside of VMWare. I've had occasional, ephemeral luck with duplex printing, but nothing long lasting.
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Realnise,
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