Outlook 2003 and Windows Live

[Stephenscott]

We have Outlook 2003 as our email client and our children have setup Windows
Live accounts with their own email and passwords. We also have email accounts
for each of the kids associated with our email client.

I want to add the email accounts to be available to our kids through Windows
Live?

Do we simply setup these email accounts associated with our email client as
their "alternate address" within Windows Live ?

Do I setup a redirect from our email client to the Windows live email
address ?

I do not really want them to change(combine) their Windows Live accounts but
want them to be able to receive emails that we have setup in addition to
their own email setup with their friends?

They want to use Windows Live not Outlook for their email.

Thanks

 

[Brian Tillman]

We have Outlook 2003 as our email client and our children have setup
Windows Live accounts with their own email and passwords. We also
have email accounts for each of the kids associated with our email
client.

I want to add the email accounts to be available to our kids through
Windows Live?

This is a Windows Live Mail question. What does it have to do with Outlook?
Windows Live Mail can also receive POP/SMTP mail, I believe, and if you have
created mailboxes on your server for your kids, they can define accounts in
Windows Live Mail that access those mailboxes.

Do we simply setup these email accounts associated with our email
client as their "alternate address" within Windows Live ?

Your email client and theirs are completely independent. They cannot access
accounts you defined on your client with their client. They must access the
same servers with their client that you are accessing with your client

Do I setup a redirect from our email client to the Windows live email
address ?

No need.

I do not really want them to change(combine) their Windows Live
accounts but want them to be able to receive emails that we have
setup in addition to their own email setup with their friends?

Why do they need Hotmail accounts (accessed by Windows Live Mail) and
separate accounts that you'll use? Why not just let them use their
accounts?

(My inclination would be to go the other way, though. Don't allow them to
have accounts that you have no permission to access. You should be able to
review everything they send and receive. Unless they're adult children,
it's your job to keep them safe and knowning what they do on the computer is
part of that.)