How can I force Mail to ask me to choose outgoing server each time I send an email?

I work for 3 different companies and I have 3 different mail accounts in my Mail for each of them. It happens to me very often that my email is sent from the wrong account, causing me a lot of trouble. This is of course my human mistake, but I want to limit this and would like to know if there is an option to force Mail to ask me for mail server each time I send an email?

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