Opening Links in Mail, Which Safari Window is Used?

It appears that whenever I click on a link in a Mail message, it always seems to open up in a new tab on the same window. Regardless of how many windows I have open in Safari, it's always the same one.
Is there a way to configure this?
I'd prefer that Mail links open in a new Safari window, or have them open in the last active Safari window.
Thanks.
OS X 10.8.5
Safari 6.1
Mail 6.6

Linc,
Sorry, I think I should have been more specific.
I have it set to Automatically. When I click on a link in Mail, the link opens up in a specific Safari window, the same one, for each and every link in Mail I click on. Each link adds a new tab to this specific window. Regardless of how many windows are open in Safari and regardless of which Safari window was last active, the Mail links always open in the same Safari window. Each link opens in a new tab in this specific Safari window. Even when I quite Safari (leaving this specific window open), Mail links keep using this window.
I don't want Mail (or links from other apps, like RSS readers) to open in new windows. Then I wind up with lots of windows, one for each new link. This is what I seem to get if I choose Never.
I'd prefer it if Safari would open the mail links in the last active Safari window. This doesn't seem to be an option in the Safari preferences. I was wondering if there was some other way to achieve this. Perhaps via Terminal, editing some preferences file?
I'm not even sure what logic Safari is using to pick the window. It's not last active. Is it first window opened? I suppose I should try that out.
Either way, if you have any other suggestions, that'd be great. Otherwise, thanks for you help.

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