Setting From field in Mail

I recently changed from cable (optonline.net) to DSL (verizon.net), because the price went from about $50/month (cable) to $20/month (DSL).
The email address I’d like to advertise to the world is one based on a university. It’s not a real address, but a forwarding address that I can change when my real address changes.
I inserted my university email address in:
Mail->Preferences->Accounts->Account Information->Email Address
The above worked with the cable provider, but does not work with the DSL provider. Here I get the error message:
Cannot send message using the server version
The sender address was rejected by the server outgoing.yahoo.verizon.net.
Select a different outgoing mail server from the list below or click Try Later to leave the message in your Outbox until it can be delivered.
Sending from: David Kallman <email removed>
Any suggestions? I tried setting:
Reply To -> email removed
This works sometimes, but not always. The Reply To field seems to be ignored by some mailers.
Note: This message:
1. duplicates http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2034538 with more details
2. replaces http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=9600146 by moving the same question to the Mail forum.
I'll close the two items above.

I am having the same problem but with a twist. I have about 5 different email accounts for both business and personal emails. I want my business mail to look like it is sent from my different domain name addresses and not the imap gmail account to which it is forwarded before I download it into Apple Mail.
Previously somehow the old Gmail pop account set up under Tiger allowed me to permanently change the From To field but now I have to change it each time.
I have tried the Reply To field but that needs to be changed each time as well.
I tried changing the "Send new mail from" under Mail Preferences Composing but that affects all my outgoing mail not just a particular account.
Has this changed with Leopard?
In case you are wondering why I don't forget the forwarding thru Gmail, I can't because now so many of my emails have been going out with the gmail email address instead, that I might miss mail if I did. I also needed to switch from Gmail Pop to Imap to be able to see all my emails with an iphone and 2 macbooks. And Mobileme just adds another complication in the middle.

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