Mail's default mail account.

Hi, all.
After many frustrated incidents with e-mails being sent from the wrong account, I decided to (again) try to find a solution to this problem.
In Entourage, my previous e-mail client, the solution to this problem was to create a phantom e-mail account and set it up as the default account without the proper account settings. In this case one of two things would happen: (1) I would either remember to set the proper sending account in Mail before sending a message, or (2) in case I forgot Entourage would use the default e-mail account and this would generate an error message in which case I would be allerted to the need to set the proper sending account the resend the e-mail message.
Is there a way to avoid this problem in Mail ? Can I designate no account or a phantom mail account as the default?
Thanks in advance.

Hi, drdocument.
I don't think this solution would work for me because I have Mail set-up with multiple e-mail accounts.
What happens then when I need to change the server prior to sending a message?
Thanks for your help and reply.

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