How to enable the multiple identities

[K Viltersten]

In Outlook Express i had an option of creating identities,
which seems to be missing in Windows Mail. How can
i enable that option?

I know i can use different accounts but i'd like to
separate the mailboxes more.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Windows Mail doesn't have that option, neither does Windows
Live Mail. The latter does set up separate folders for each account.
You can achieve a similar effect in Windows Mail by using message
rules to sort incoming mail into separate folders.

 

[Dave]

There are no identities in Windows Mail.

The newer Windows Live Mail has separate Inboxes, etc. for each account..

 

[K Viltersten]

Windows Mail doesn't have that option, neither does Windows

Live Mail. The latter does set up separate folders for each account.
You can achieve a similar effect in Windows Mail by using message
rules to sort incoming mail into separate folders.

The main problem i have is that i'd like to send from
different accounts as well. While that's possible to
do by changing the option at the top of the window,
i'll tend to forget to change it with the effect that the
mail will be sent from the wrong identity.

Can that be remedied somehow? Can i run two
different instances of Windows Mail? Then i
could have each of them for one identity... What
do you think?

 

[Guest]

The main problem i have is that i'd like to send from different accounts
as well. While that's possible to do by changing the option at the top of
the window, i'll tend to forget to change it with the effect that the
mail will be sent from the wrong identity.

Can that be remedied somehow? Can i run two
different instances of Windows Mail? Then i could have each of them for
one identity... What
do you think?

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Regards
Konrad Viltersten
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You can have one setup for Windows Mail for each user account.
So if you're willing to use two user accounts under Vista, you can
separate them that way.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

The problem is not so much with replies and forwards but
with originating a new email. Windows Mail always chooses
the default account for that. Yes, you can manually chose a
different 'From' identity, but like you say, it is easy to forget
that step. Windows Live Mail has more intelligence in this
regard because it chooses the identity associated with the
currently selected account. All standard folders in WLM are
associated with a specific account.

Your only other options are to use a separate Windows user
login for each account, or to purchase a separate add-on:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/

 

[Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM]

The main problem i have is that i'd like to send from different accounts
as well. While that's possible to do by changing the option at the top of
the window, i'll tend to forget to change it with the effect that the
mail will be sent from the wrong identity.

Can that be remedied somehow? Can i run two
different instances of Windows Mail? Then i could have each of them for
one identity... What
do you think?

Four possibilities:

1. Use different Windows Users

2. Make new folders and make a message rule like this:

Apply this rule after the message arrives
Where the message is from the mail.fjsmjs.com account
Move it to the fjsmjs folder
and Stop processing more rules

3. Use Windows Live Mail which has separate folders for each account:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

4. Buy WMIDs http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/Default.aspx

 

[K Viltersten]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary VanderMolen" <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail
Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 3:19 AM
Subject: Re: How to enable the multiple identities

The problem is not so much with replies and forwards but
with originating a new email. Windows Mail always chooses
the default account for that. Yes, you can manually chose a
different 'From' identity, but like you say, it is easy to forget
that step. Windows Live Mail has more intelligence in this
regard because it chooses the identity associated with the
currently selected account. All standard folders in WLM are
associated with a specific account.

Your only other options are to use a separate Windows user
login for each account, or to purchase a separate add-on:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/

Ok, i think i'll try the WMID software. Hopefully, it does
what i need. Thank you for the tip!

Regards
Konrad Viltersten

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You're welcome.