Email comes from incorrect address

A client of mine has 2 gmail accounts setup in Apple Mail.
[email protected]
[email protected]
Recently, an odd thing started happening. When she would get email to firstaddress, reply to it, the recipiect FROM would read [email protected]
I've tried removing the accounts and set them back up, with same results. Even leaving off second address altogether, but still the same results. It seems an Apple Mail issue since if I use the Gmail web interface, it sends just fine.
Anyone have any idea what might be causing this?
Thanks
Rich

Well, the next step is to quit Mail, then take the Home/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist file and trash it. Restart Mail, setting the new accounts (one at a time, testing) from scratch.
Also, a thought: Is it possible that your client has a rule set through GMail that switches the "From" address? Perhaps log on to the webmail and check that before trashing the plist.

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