Mail changing addresses of emails in the sent box

On my new 17 inch tiger running intel iMac, the Mail programme has just started registering the emails as having been sent to different addresses than those intended. The emails did actually go to the right address, and the emails when open still say they were sent to the correct address. Its only in the top window list that says they've been going to random different addresses. How can I stop this, without reinstalling the software and losing all my prior info?
Thank you.

oh hi warren,
so if that dis not help, start the crude manner of trouble shooting a mac
these are basics
create a new user account and configure your mail there tryand see if issue is reproducible from there or not if it is reproducible there then it is a system wide issue you should also test and see in webmail it issue persist there if issue does not exist in webmail then reinstalling on mail application is the answer
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=301229
(before you do this let me know there is a special way to do this without loosing your mails)
if does not persist in new user then will need to start troubleshooting from user preferences

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