Mac and me confusion on tiger

As an old times mac user I have a combination of mac.com and me.com accounts.
Some machines I have (I own several since 1984) are PPC and work better with lighter sys such as Tiger. In these machines I have the latest Tiger update 10.4.11.
While I "receive" emails from both accounts every time I try to reply to mails sent to the various [email protected] accounts I ALWAYS get an error telling me the SMTP at me.com couldn't send my message.
I want to use my PPC machines as such, but Tiger mail assumes my address is only "mac.com" and this might be the reason why I can't reply as a "me.com" user.
Even trying to set the account not as an "mac account" but manually as it this was just another IMAP account, entering the proper format requested as in and out for mail, while it seems as if everything works when I create the accounts, I am still unable to send or reply to mails using the "me.com"
How to fix this?
I have a really clean system in the machine I wanted to use for mail only purposes. I don't have any additional and non Apple stuff but what comes with the installer.
Can anyone help in setting the mail prefereneces so I can send mails with the infamous "[email protected]" address from Tiger?
if anyone here share(d) this problem.
Thanks
PS
I hope nobody will suggest me to use Intel machines and newer systems. I just don't want to trash good hardware or change certain work patterns only to please Apple marketing sectors. I use the latest hard-soft combos in the newer machines I buy almost every year.
I call the "me.com" infamous as this address no longer qualifies me as a Macintosh user. Indeed it is a silly, probably nostalgic issue, but allow me to wonder why Apple decided to separate the most important own brand from his customers. Mysteries of globalization and or marketing strategies I suppose, plus substantial increasing indifference to customers.
I remember receiving substantial and immediate support until system 9 was going. I would call Apple and they would help immediately if my request was common, or as soon as they had an answer. For this reason, not only I used and bought Apple hardware but as a university professor I suggested hundred of students to either go to Apple Machines or Move from Windows to Apple.
I asked support about this many times mail issue and until now I never got an answer.
While I am no programmer I certainly am a rather experienced user.

etnad wrote:
While I "receive" emails from both accounts every time I try to reply to mails sent to the various [email protected] accounts I ALWAYS get an error telling me the SMTP at me.com couldn't send my message.
I want to use my PPC machines as such, but Tiger mail assumes my address is only "mac.com" and this might be the reason why I can't reply as a "me.com" user.
How to fix this?
I don't think this is an OS issue. Consider checking the SMTP server port is 587 or 25. If it is one of those, try the other. You didn't state which application you are using but take a look at the article MobileMe: Issues sending messages in Mail or other email applications. If the issue persists, consider posting in the forums MobileMe on my Mac or MobileMe on www.me.com
HTH

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