My e-mail is setup but wont send/recieve messages!

Just bought a macbook. Went I first turned it on my dad turned computer off in the middle of setup assistant. Now I finally figured out what my user id and password are for my e-mail, but when i try to send e-mail from another account it says my mac.com address is an illegal alias? Any ideas of what I can do? And also I would like to change my email address, if possible. Thanks

my dad turned computer off in the middle of setup assistant.
Are you talking about Mail's setup assistant are about some other assistant?

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