Mail 4.1 suddenly takes another SENT Messages folder

Since a few days, another SENT Messages folder is used by Mail to store my sent e-mails. I'm using 2 Macs and one iPhone. Before, all 3 devices used the same SENT Messages folder. However, at the moment my 2 Macs use the SENT Messages ([email protected]) folder to store the sent e-mails, while my iPhone still uses the 'normal' SENT Messages folder. I have no clue why my Macs suddenly decided to use the SENT Messages ([email protected]) folder (so with an e-mailaddress behind it).
If you have any idea why this happened, please let me know. Any help will be appreciated! If you need some more information, also let me know!

I'm not sure why you have to Sent mail folders. You can report bugs here.
http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
One more thing to try. Quit Mail if it's open.
Locate this file. com.apple.mail.plist
Move that file to the Desktop. Launch Mail.
If it functions as it should, go to Mail/Preferences. Make note of your Mail preferences, then delete that .plist file.
Carolyn

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