Multiple user accounts

[Guest]

I am trying to create two user accounts with separate icons on my desktop.
How do I do that without deleting the account information in the original
account? I want to be able to check each email account separately without
comingling the mail. Thanks.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Windows Mail does not have the multiple identities feature
that Outlook Express had.
There isn't a way to do exactly what you want.
Here are your options:
..
About the best you can do with just Windows Mail is use message
rules to separate incoming email so that different accounts go into
different inbox folders.

Another option (not free) adds back the Identities feature:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/

A third option is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM).
Although WLM doesn't have the full-blown Identities feature
that OE had, nevertheless it has some of that functionality.
Separate folders for each account help to keep mail separated
without having to use any message rules.
http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

A fourth option, which gives maximum privacy and security,
requires setting up separate Windows user accounts.