Mail.app - What sets sort order when adding To addresses by typing Group name?

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Published on 2010-05-13T23:56:08Z Indexed on 2010/05/14 0:04 UTC
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Using Mail.app in Mac OS X (10.6.3) I'm seeing apparently random sort order when sending a email to a group. Not a major issue but you'd think it be alphabetical?!?

To reproduce:

Compose New Message in Mail.app
Type in a group name from your Address Book
The addresses from that group will populate the To: field in apparently random fashion

FYI- You'd think that choosing Edit Distribution List… in Address Book would let you sort the list...but nope!

Anyone know what/how to set this sort order?

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