The answer I gave doesn't change, the situation is identical. Two copies of the message should be in the "combined" Inbox (one under each account). Whichever one you are reading at the moment will be the one you reply to.
>> is there any indication of which copy one is reading if both accounts are >> getting copies? Couple of ways... one, activate the "mailbox" column in the listing window; you will see which account it came in on. Two, view the raw message (Message / Raw Source) and read the envelope information in the header. >> When PersonA was reading the email, they replied, but Mail sent the email >> FROM PersonD. The point to keep in mind is that it doesn't matter WHO is reading the message, but WHICH message is being read. On Feb 17, 2012, at 12:29 AM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > > > On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:05 PM, Macs R We wrote: > >> I'm thinking the confusion starts from a false premise. >> >> If you have multiple email addresses, you are going to get multiple copies >> of the message. The external world doesn't realize that two addresses are >> going to go to the same endpoint, so nobody combines the messages into one. >> You will be reading only one of these copies (at a time), and if you reply >> to it, it will use whatever account that one went to. > > maybe I didn't explain it properly: > > Their inbox has TWO, DISTINCT MobileMe (now iCloud) accounts. Two people, > each with their own email account using the same USER account on LION. Mail > has both of their email accounts active. For some reason, they prefer to not > have distinct USER accounts on their computer which would allow them to > easily separate their email and not have this confusion. However... > > If an email comes in addressed to BOTH of those accounts and one of those two > people REPLIES, which address will be used by Mail when replying? > > So far, we've seen it choose one or the other. But based on what algorithm > or decision tree? > > We were pretty sure in the past Mail used whatever email address was FIRST in > the list of recipients. > > But now, under LION, my friends have demonstrated this isn't so. > > This question came up several years ago and at the time, I believe someone on > the Apple Mail team actually said that Mail will choose the first account in > the recipient list. > > But again, my friends just sent me screenshots proving this to not be the > case under Lion. > > I have requested more information from them, but I was wondering if anybody > knew the answer. > > WRT to your point of reading only one of the copies of the email, is there > any indication of which copy one is reading if both accounts are getting > copies? > > For example, I just saw screenshots where the recipient list was: > > TO: PersonA, PersonB, PersonC, PersonD > > where PersonA and PersonD are the two people using the same computer under > Mail as described above. > > When PersonA was reading the email, they replied, but Mail sent the email > FROM PersonD. > > PersonA hadn't realized it because they hadn't checked the FROM: popup to > make sure it was coming from THEIR PersonA account. > > In the past, as they recollect, Mail would have chosen to use PersonA as the > reply address, not because PersonA was reading and replying (since Mail > doesn't know who's reading / replying) but because PersonA, in the above > example, preceded PersonD in the recipient list. > > > K > > >> >> On Feb 16, 2012, at 11:08 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: >> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacOSX-talk mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk >> >> -- >> Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support >> in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. >> http://macsrwe.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacOSX-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk > -- Macs R We -- Personal Macintosh Service and Support in the Wickenburg and far Northwest Valley Areas. http://macsrwe.com _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
