Mail changing my email address in prefs

In Mail > Prefs> Accounts, Mail keeps changing my email address field to 'myname'@mac.com, when the actual address is '[email protected]"
The server doesn't recognize this address, of course, so I can't send mail. I correct the address, save the changes and everything is fine. Later when I can't send mail, I find that Mail has changed the address back...
Corrupt prefs file?
Thanks for any ideas.

sure sounds like a corrupt pref file. quit Mail and move the file homedirectory/Library/preferences/com.apple.mail.plist to the desktop. start mail. you'll have to set up all your accounts again so make sure you enter all the info correctly. once done Mail should recognize your existing mailboxes kept in homedirectory/Library/Mail.

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