Mail keeps using an old email address as the "reply-to" despite having deleted the account long ago

Any advice? I am running into the problem on my Mac Book and iMac and am running OS 10.8.2 on both machines.

•  Changing which is the default mailbox that comes up when you click on "New Message" is not going to solve this conundrum.
Have you tried this, or is this a deduction?
I am wondering if the problem might be in how your service provider is identifying you. Try this. Send yourself an email. When you receive it, look at Mail / View / Message / All Headers. There might be a clue in all the text you will get.

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