Apple mail incorrectly promotes my name to the first position in the To: field

I'm not sure how long this has been happening, but I recently noticed that my email address is always promoted to the first position of the "To:" field on messages that I receive. This is NOT a welcome feature. Why? Because the order of recipients that the sender addressed the message to is relevant context to understanding, and properly handling the message. Promoting my name to the first position in the To: field eliminates this context, making it seem as if I am the primary person that the sender expects a response from (one possible reason for addressing it to me first).
Apple, you need to respect the content formatting choices of email messages. Maybe your interaction designers thought this would make me feel more special? More important? Not sure, but what it actually does, is it makes me have to look at the raw message source in order to find out whether or not I'm at the top of the list. This is a mis-step in the way you present email messages. I hope you will reconsider the design and go back to showing my name in the order entered by the sender.

I have this problem too with my Macbook Air. Mail opens automatically every time my laptop sleeps. I actually just asked about this in my own thread. However, it is not causing my apps to freeze.

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