TS3276 Mail putting incorrect sender with email

Yesterday I discovered I wasn't receiving all my email on Mail on my iMac. I knew they were missing because I saw them on my iPad and wanted to reply from my iMac. I also checked my account on my browser. I rebooted, checked accounts, re-entered my password, online status, etc., when finally today, it re-loaded. Now it's really messed up!!! The sender doesn't correspond with the emails!!!
I upgraded to Mountain Lion a few weeks ago and didn't notice anything weird, but maybe it's been happening longer than just this past week. I don't think so, though. Mail has always worked beautifully before.
Thank you for any help/suggestions.

Thanks, guys . . .
I kind of knew that Mail couldn't possibly be sending emails to people without my being aware of it but I just wanted to double check.
As far as the other email programs go, for some insane reason all the ones I try (Thunderbird, for one) have problems connecting with my SMTP (outgoing) server. In one case, there's no way to change my account setting from IMAP to POP . . . the way these programs are set up, just configuring your settings requires a B.S. in network technology . . . every time these things happen, I end up on the phone with the local ISP for two hours and most of them have no idea what a Mac is . . .
I think in this case I wll just stick wth the Devil I Know. Every email program has its drawbacks and Mail is clunky and unintuitive but thank God, it integrates with SpamSieve, the only junk mail killer that really, really works (I just learned how WELL it works when I tried Thunderbird and it downloaded all the mail I'm REALLY getting s opposed to the mail that I end up seeing -- for every legit email that SpamSieve lets through, there are at least 75 that it doesn't. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm inundated with at LEAST 400 junk emails A DAY for my two accounts and without SpamSieve I'd be in the First Circle of ****, but I digress).
It's been a year now with Mail and although I despise it at least now I think I'm getting used to it, and your reassurances about people getting unwanted mail definitely removed my last doubts.
I'll stick with Mail, since the others don't look exactly like champs either, and just pray Apple doesn't "Upsdate" anything for a good long while.
Cheers, mates
Nick

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