Setting up a Mail alias-account

Hi folks,
People can send me mail through various email addresses, but i configured this accounts to automatically forward the mails to my main smtp account.
Now my question:
How can i configure my Mail.app mailbox to reply this mail by using the correct email address as sender?
Is it possible in Mail.app (version 2.1) to configure account aliases? If yes, how?
Thank you all.
Marc

Marc,
In this situation, I think you only need to add the additional addresses, into the Email Address entry box in Mail Preferences/Accounts/Account Information. You put a comma after the existing address, and add another. Put a comma after the new, one, and you can add still another.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302215
and
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mail/2.0/en/ml1019.html
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Does this fulfill your need?
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