.Mac alias as primary address

I'd like to use one of my .Mac aliases as my primary e-mail address, now. Hence, I thought, I would have to enter this alias as the e-mail address in the .Mac e-mail account setting of Mail. After doing so, Mail is asking me, if I wanted to save the changes, and - of course - I'm klicking the "Save" button. Unfortunately without effect. Mail always changes the e-mail address back to my .Mac ID. Why?
Regards,
Thorsten
PowerBook G4/400   Mac OS X (10.4.7)  

Thorsten,
The alias for a .mac account is not entered into the Email Address, as it is with other types of accounts, but rather is available in the pull-down of available addresses in the From box.
To establish a .mac alias as the preferred From address, open Mail Preferences/Composing, and select the alias where it says: "Send new mail from ____" . See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/2.0/en/ml947.html
which is also in Mail Help, and also see:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/2.0/en/ml1114.html
Ernie

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