Using .Mac alias in Mail

I have created a .mac alias on the .mac website. I then created a .mac account using this alias in Mail. (In additon to my orginal .mac account) However, I am unable to send mail using it. It asks for a password. I'm assuming you use the orginial .mac account password. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated! Thank you, Sue

You don't create a .Mac account alias as a separate account with Mail.
All messages sent to a .Mac account alias are deposited in your .Mac account's Inbox mailbox. To send messages from a .Mac account alias, you select the alias email address from the Account selection located under the message header when composing a message.

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Click to open this script in your Script Editor<pre style="font-family: 'Monaco', 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; overflow:auto; padding: 0.2em; font-size: 10px; width:500px">if ((get system attribute "sysv") < 4160) then -- 4160 = 0x1040 is Sytem version 10.4.0 (Tiger)
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return
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if (get value of property list item "AccountType" of eachAccount) = "iToolsAccount" then exit repeat
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on error
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!! WARNING !!
about the September 2012
"Security Update 2012-004"
If you've got "Mail.app" in a folder OTHER THAN the root "Applications" folder,
MOVE "MAIL.APP" TO THE APPLICATIONS FOLDER
**BEFORE** INSTALLING THE "004" UPDATE!!
Because *IF* you use OSX's integrated Software Update app from the Apple menu to do the "004" updating, and *IF* your Mail.app is NOT in the Applications folder, then buddy, you've got some sitdown fixit time ahead of ya and/or some internet tie-up time downloading the "004" update file itself.
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Like a dummy who ignored knowing better, I had my Mail.app in a folder other than the Applications folder, with only an alias to that being in the Applications folder. NOT GOOD ENOUGH. The updater don't see that as nuthin special or useful.
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Reboot.
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Thanks a lot for this information.
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