Sending from the wrong account

I recently stopped using my comcast account in Mail, and started only using my .mac account. I removed the comcast account under preferences, but when I compose a message it still automatically selects [email protected] as the primary sender of the e-mail. I will usually not catch it and send the e-mail only to be rejected by the .mac smtp server. Then, I simply select the right address and send again without problem.
Is there anyway to get rid of the comcast option when I compose an e-mail where it will automatically send the message from my .mac address?

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Hey guys
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Hi, thanks for the answer, I did that already. Unfortunatly this doesn't help me at all, as I often forget to check the menu. For me composing the message is writing the text, the subject, the person to who is addressed and than press "send".
I often forget to check the "from", and this is a problem because the software select itself one of the accounts.
Isn't there a way at least to put as a default a blank field instead of one of the accounts? or an account which doesn't work so if I forget to specify the "from" I will be rnotofied that the message can't be sent.
I guess this could be a rather common problem for many people!
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