Replies and .Mac Aliases

Hi,
.Mac aliases don't seem to support capital letters. [email protected] turns into [email protected]
That's fine, and one can send an email to either address.
However, if someone sends an email to [email protected] (note the capital letter), Mail will reply using...
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Is there any way to set it so that if someone sends an email to an alias with a slight capital letter change, Mail will still reply from that account (and show that it is that account). I want the reply to show up as...
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> regardless of if the email was sent to Example or example.
Any ideas?
Thank you!
btabz

btabz,
Testing with another User Account, the behavior seems the same, and as that New User, I gave it no opportunity to "learn" anything.
However, there is an oddity to note -- I have Mail Preferences/Composing set to highlight any address, not of my primary Domain. As a result of this, all my .mac addresses are marked in Red, whenever I use one as the From address (this also marks the To addresses not of the chosen domain) -- I find it helps me focus on whether I am using the intended address, since my Usernames are similar for several addresses/domains. Anyway, when I hit Reply for one of these .mac alias address authored emails, the resulting default address that we have been testing, is not marked in Red, but if I choose one from the list, it is! Also, if I use Reply for a message sent to my main .mac address, then that address is marked in Red immediately.
This is confusing, I realize, but it means Mail is not recognizing the .mac alias as a foreign domain, when first using Reply.
Odd, to say the least.
Ernie

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