Can Mail be configured to ask me which folder to save a sent email in?

I'm running Mail 5.2 under Lion 10.7. Rather than save all my sent e-mails in a single Sent folder, I'd like to have Mail ask me which folder to save an e-mail in, after I hit the Send button. Is this possible?

Ernie,
You beat me to the punch... I was just about to reply with a follow-up asking if there was a way to do just that. Looks like I may need to use the separate accounts option in order to allow my to have Full Name information that is more helpful. For now, it won't be a problem because I only need 2 different addresses. If that changes in the future, however, I can see how it would be a problem.
It would be simple if I could add a comma-separated list of Full Names in the Full Name field (in the same order as the list of addresses) and have them match up.
Hmmm... might have to try that, just to see if it would work!
Thanks again.

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Others have already given alternative pointers to solve your specific problem, but I can understand the desire to roll your own
From your script samples, you're on the right track, but are missing a couple of key concepts. I'll try to clarify.
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