Email "from" name is incorrect

I am experiencing something that I have never seen before.
Situation: I create an email message and send it to a group. I am part of that group, so I am also a recipient of that message. When the message arrives in my in-box the "from" field shows the message to be from someone else (this person happens to be a customer). When I click on the message, it shows to be from me. I asked a friend if this was occurring on their message from me and they said no, so it appears to be some sort of internal name substitution going on in me email system. Ideas? Your input is much appreciated.

Thanks! This was helpful. I had looked there before and my name was listed correctly. Your comment prompted me to check the contact of the other person who was showing up. Apparently I had accidentally cut/pasted my email address to become one of her work email addresses (the first one listed). I deleted that, and it corrected the problem. Thanks again.

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I am guessing that by 'our' reference you and a significant other are sharing an email address?
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I receive the mail just fine in Outlook Express, but replying
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Michael Evangelista
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www.evangelista-web.com
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DUH no I havent... but I will, thanks!
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Evangelista Design / Evangelista Consulting, inc.
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"Lossed" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> There is a replyto="insert email addy here" attribute
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>
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> mailerid = "headerid" timeout = "seconds" spoolenable =
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>
> (Optional) Mail message body and/or cfhttpparam tags
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> </cfmail>"Michael Evangelista"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I have been using a cf newsletter app with a
<cfmail> function, and the syntax like this for the from and
to addresses
>>
>> <cfmail from="#from_name#
<#from_email_address#>" to="#first_name# #last_name#
<#email_address#>"
>> subject="#form.message_subject#">
>>
>> Note the <email address> after the name in
both places
>>
>> I receive the mail just fine in Outlook Express, but
replying is another matter as both the name and address for the
reply
>> are incorrect syntax for reply.
>>
>> Most email I receive shows the Name of the sender in
the "From" field, with the address for "reply to" or "sent from"
stored
>> separately. How can I separate the "from name" and
the "from email" using <cfmail> ?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Michael Evangelista
>> Evangelista Design / Evangelista Consulting, inc.
>> www.evangelista-web.com
>> Custom Small Business Website Solutions
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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