The from line in Mail is missing

I used to be able to set the From line in Mail to which ever alias I was using. But the From line suddenly disappeared and it's not listed in the little box where you can select which header lines you want. And long before it disappeared it would sometimes give me a choice of only two aliases and sometimes it would include all of them in the drop down list. How can I get the From line back, and when I do, do you know why the drop down box with my aliases is sometimes there and sometimes not?

Hey carolagate,
So I understand that you have multiple email accounts set up in Mail and you wish to be able to choose which account to send a message from, specifically by choosing an account from the “From” field when composing an email. Since this field is not automatically showing itself, you may want to make sure that the email account from which you cannot send messages is set up properly and that it is active in Mail:
Mail (Yosemite): Set up Mail with your email accounts
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH19132
You may even need to remove the account and re-add it to see if that affects the behavior. Thanks for being a part of the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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