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Hi!
I've been using Mail for a few years now on two computers, one is a MacPro with Snow Leopard, the other is a Macbook Air with Lion.
I have two IMAP accounts set to my Mail, both from Gmail. I often use Mail on both computers and I never had any problem.
Though since a few weeks, I've been having a few problem with my inboxes. The emails are not redirected to their respective inboxes.
For example, lets say I send an email from Account 1, the reply will be sent to Account 2's inbox for no reason.
This is a bit frustrating since when I have to reply to my emails, I have to make sure I choose the proper email adress to send it from, and before, I didnt have to do that...
How can I solve this problem?
Thank you!

mea culpa!
I forgot to change the description for the second (new) IMAP account.
Regards Dave

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