Setting default from address

i have a few different e-mail addresses, one for friends and family, one for work, etc. when i start a new message in mail, it seems to choose one of them at random for the "from" address. this is pretty annoying. is there a way to set a default address for all messages?
thanks!

Thanks for the information. I tried out Thunderbird briefly and have some pretty big issues with it. One is that it has its own address book instead of using Mac OS X's address book (having 2 seems like an unnecessary complication even if I can easily export). Another problem is that there seems to be no easy way to export my vast amount of "sent" messages that are archived in my Mail's "sent" folder.
I do, however, like the idea that I can flag a message multiple ways (for example, as "to do"). If the above criticisms are addressed I may well move to Thunderbird. In the meantime, I'm still looking for a solution to my original problem.

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