Mail replies using first "to" address instead of current account

Hi;
I have three email accounts configure in Mail, [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected] (shared system account, I know it's not the best solution
Anyway, occasionally all three accounts get the same message, so the To: field contains the addresses in some order, say: [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected]
When I try to reply to a message like this from the user3 account (from their inbox), the From: field always populates with the first address in the To: field of the original message.
Is there any way to change this behavior so that the From: field is always that of the account initiating the reply?
Hope that was a clear explanation of the problem... I'll be happy to elaborate if it's not!
Thanks All,
vg.

I can confirm this behavior. When you have more than one account setup, and a message comes to all those accounts, Mail will only choose one from which to allow the Reply. I think, but have not checked lately, that it will be the first one listed.
Ernie

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