Windows Mail Accounts, Outlook Identities

[mitchell]

Hello wise ones,
I have used Outlook Express for many years. I had several Identities and
could easily switch between them.
Now I have Windows Mail (Vista) and I set up two accounts (one for me, one
for Betsy).

Currently the email is stuck on Betsy's account. I cannot find a way to
switch to my account. And all of "our" mail is coming to her mailbox.

How can I again communicate independant from my wife?
Mitch
PS I'm a rookie. This is my first use of a newsgroup.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Windows Mail does not have identities like Outlook Express did.
By default, all email from all accounts goes into the same Inbox.
There are four different ways of changing that:

1. Use separate Windows user logins. That gives total privacy.

2. Use message rules to filter incoming messages into
separate folders.

3. Upgrade to Windows Live Mail which has separate folders for each
account, no rules needed: http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

4. Purchase an add-on called WMIDs:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs

Personally, I'd go for option 3, because unlike option 2, it also
segregates copies of sent emails.

 

[Steve Cochran]

See www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/ It is a replacement for the Identities feature
from OE that was removed with WinMail.

steve

 

[Mitchell]

I have implemented Gary's suggestion to use Windows Live Mail and two
accounts. But occasionally the "Windows Mail" page comes up and we try to use
it by mistake. I would like to get rid of Windowa Mail (uninstall?) but it
does not show up on the uninstall list. How can I get rid of this annoyance?

 

[Dave]

You can't uninstall Windows Mail, as it's part of the OS.
You can remove all accounts from it, and then ignore it.

Make sure that Windows Live Mail has all of the email defaults.
"Start" - "Default Programs" - "Set your default programs"

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Don't confuse Windows Live Mail with Windows Live Hotmail.
Those two are very different email solutions.

Your questions seem to be intermingling Outlook and Windows
Live Mail issues. I can't answer Outlook questions. There are
Outlook experts in a different venue.

The best way to find out whether Windows Live Mail will suit
your needs is to try it out. The download site for the latest version
is: http://download.live.com/wlmail