If you have multiple accounts in Lion Mail and if you receive an email that has 
more than one of those accounts in the recipient list, what's the algorithm 
Lion Mail uses to determine which email address will be used when replying?  
Sure, you can choose from the FROM: popup, but Mail will automatically choose 
an address.

I think in the past (Leopard, SL?), it would choose the FIRST email account in 
the recipient list of the incoming email.  But I'm not sure that is true 
anymore.
I can't test it because I have just one account.  I'm trying to help a friend 
solve a problem:

He and his wife share the same USER account on their iMac, but they each have 
their own separate MobileMe (now iCloud) accounts.
If an incoming email is addressed to both of them, and when they reply, they 
often end up using the other person's email address in the reply.
They haven't gotten in the habit of checking the FROM address nor selecting an 
address from the FROM popup.

I've suggested they either check the FROM popup each time when replying, or 
they set up individual user accounts on the their computer to keep their email 
separate.

Anybody know how Mail determines what address to use when replying if you have 
several accounts and if you receive an email with some or all of those accounts 
in the recipient list?

Thanks,
Kevin


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