Two users, one mail account

We have one e-mail account in this household, but two adults living here. How do I set up Mail so that my wife can used the dropdown FROM menu in the New Message pane to show that any e-mail she sends came from her rather than from me?
I've tried setting up a separate Mail account using all the same ISP settings as the main account and simply changing my name to hers in that account, but Mail doesn't seem to like it. We end up with two copies of every e-mail sent to us.
I realise I am overlooking something simple.
Or am I?

Scratch my last post.
I re-read the whole thread and realize I did not understand and still do not understand what is going on. Let's start from the top:
Do you or do you not have two separate accounts at the same domain?
To be specific, I mean you both have an email address for each of you which you can log into at webmail.whateveryourdomainis.com. Is that the case?
If yes, and you are not using the same account in both accounts for SMTP, then there is something rotten in Denmark because there is no doubt Mail can do what you seem to want.
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