diff --git a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_account.inc.php b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_account.inc.php
index 20d1f35cd2..1c0f198dde 100644
--- a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_account.inc.php
+++ b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_account.inc.php
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ class emailadmin_account implements ArrayAccess
 
 		return new egw_db_callback_iterator($rs,
 			// process each row
-			function($row) use ($replace_placeholders, $field)
+			function($row) use ($replace_placeholders, $field, $user)
 			{
 				// set email from imap-username (evtl. set from session, if acc_imap_logintype specified)
 				if (in_array($field, array('name', 'ident_email', 'params')) &&
@@ -495,8 +495,7 @@ class emailadmin_account implements ArrayAccess
 				{
 					$row = array_merge($row, emailadmin_credentials::from_session($row));
 				}
-				if (empty($row['ident_email'])) $row['ident_email'] = $row['acc_imap_username'];
-
+				if (empty($row['ident_email'])||strpos($row['ident_email'],'@')===false) $row['ident_email'] = ($user == $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_id'] && $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_email']? $GLOBALS['egw_info']['user']['account_email'] :$row['acc_imap_username']);
 				if ($field != 'name')
 				{
 					$data = $replace_placeholders ? array_merge($row, emailadmin_account::replace_placeholders($row)) : $row;
diff --git a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
index 0f71dd0078..fab10fd176 100644
--- a/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
+++ b/emailadmin/inc/class.emailadmin_imapbase.inc.php
@@ -5433,6 +5433,24 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 					);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * getStandardIdentityForProfile
+	 * get either the first identity out of the given identities or the one matching the profile_id
+	 * @param object $_identities identity iterator object with identities from emailadmin_account
+	 * @param integer $_profile_id the acc_id/profileID the identity with the matching key is the standard one
+	 * @return array the identity
+	 */
+	static function getStandardIdentityForProfile($_identities, $_profile_id)
+	{
+		$c = 0;
+		// use the standardIdentity
+		foreach($_identities as $key => $acc) {
+			if ($c==0) $identity = $acc;
+			if ($key==$_profile_id) $identity = $acc;
+			$c++;
+		}
+		return $identity;
+	}
 	/**
 	 * createHeaderInfoSection - creates a textual headersection from headerobject
 	 * @param array header headerarray may contain SUBJECT,FROM,SENDER,TO,CC,BCC,DATE,PRIORITY,IMPORTANCE
@@ -5894,7 +5912,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 				{
 					$mailObject->ClearReplyTos();
 					$activeMailProfiles = $this->mail->getAccountIdentities($this->profileID);
-					$activeMailProfile = array_shift($activeMailProfiles);
+					$activeMailProfile = self::getStandardIdentityForProfile($activeMailProfiles,$this->profileID);
 
 					$mailObject->AddReplyTo(self::$idna2->encode($activeMailProfile['ident_email']),emailadmin_imapbase::generateIdentityString($activeMailProfile,false));
 				}
@@ -5916,7 +5934,7 @@ class emailadmin_imapbase
 						$email = ($contact['email'] ? $contact['email'] : $contact['email_home']);
 						$nfn = ($contact['n_fn'] ? $contact['n_fn'] : $contact['n_given'].' '.$contact['n_family']);
 						$activeMailProfiles = $this->getAccountIdentities($this->profileID);
-						$activeMailProfile = array_shift($activeMailProfiles);
+						$activeMailProfile = self::getStandardIdentityForProfile($activeMailProfiles,$this->profileID);
 						//error_log(__METHOD__.' ('.__LINE__.') '.array2string($activeMailProfile));
 						$mailObject->From = $activeMailProfile['ident_email'];
 						//$mailObject->From  = $_identity->emailAddress;
diff --git a/mail/inc/class.mail_activesync.inc.php b/mail/inc/class.mail_activesync.inc.php
index cdb436abf0..490741bb19 100644
--- a/mail/inc/class.mail_activesync.inc.php
+++ b/mail/inc/class.mail_activesync.inc.php
@@ -440,7 +440,9 @@ class mail_activesync implements activesync_plugin_write, activesync_plugin_send
 		// initialize our mail_bo
 		if (!isset($this->mail)) $this->mail = mail_bo::getInstance(false,self::$profileID,true,false,true);
 		$activeMailProfiles = $this->mail->getAccountIdentities(self::$profileID);
-		$activeMailProfile = array_shift($activeMailProfiles);
+		// use the standardIdentity
+		$activeMailProfile = mail_bo::getStandardIdentityForProfile($activeMailProfiles,self::$profileID);
+
 		if ($this->debugLevel>2) debugLog(__METHOD__.__LINE__.' ProfileID:'.self::$profileID.' ActiveMailProfile:'.array2string($activeMailProfile));
 
 		// initialize the new egw_mailer object for sending