Doesn't work !

I have Google, Yahoo! and Zoho accounts, it always puts them in the following order : Yahoo!, Zoho, Google. When I want them in the following : Zoho, Google, Yahoo!

Doesn't work…

I've 3 mailaccounts and the sorting of the inbox seems always to be alphabetical…
This trick doesn't work here… (OS X 10.9.1 - Dutch)

Worked for me.

How I wish this worked. There has be a way ... there were inklings in Mountain Lion that it was not going to go well, Mail-wise.

And the drop-down From menu in a new mail: 3 mac/icloud have risen to the top - hey, Apple, you didn't used to be this way - and two are duplicates.

i use spaces and z's in the account description:
for the top-most one, add a space in front of the name in the account description, to have one listed last, i use a z in front of the name:
" myfirstaccount"
"mysecondaccount"
"z another account"
"zz last account"

it's pretty lame, but it's the only solution i've found...

PS: if you don't like the 'z', you may want to use 3 spaces for the fist, 2 for the second, 1 for the third, and none for the last.. Also, with a little luck, part of the desired sort order jives with the natural alphabetical sorting of your account names.

Any any case, that is how it is sorted: alphabetical on the account name..
remember that this account name does not show up on your emails, so you can use whatever name you like, and no one will be the wiser...
(edited for further detail)

Duh ... maybe I should read more closely before commenting. Never mind. Please delete?

There is a much easier way to do this. In the OS X Mail window, simply drag the accounts (that is, the inbox mailboxes) into the order you wish them to be, then restart Mail.

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I've used this trick for a long time, and it works for me under Mavericks and Mountain Lion, and it probably works under others. Not sure why it doesn't work on your system.