Unable to set the default sending account in Mail?

I have three IMAP accounts set up in Mail and when I want to send an outgoing email can easily use the drop down to pick which account is used. The issue is I'd like to specify which of the three is used by default.  I've searched on how to do this and the supposed answers are not working for me.
First, in Mail preferences, it's been posted you can drag the order of the accounts. That does not work for me at all, they are not draggable.
Second, in System Preferences there's been some talk of setting defaults in the Mail, Contacts & Calendars panel. When I try to access one of the accounts there it asks me for the password, I enter the correct one, and it fails saying unable to verify the password.
Can this be done at all? Is there a bug in System Preferences?
Thanks in advance!

Spinland,
Try this and see if it helps you....
this  was posted by victoryhat in another discussion on Lion. This is what I have done and it worked for me.
http:/https://discussions.apple.com/message/18677085#18677085

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