Identities in Windows Mail?

[Gary]

I've missed the ability to have different email identities ever since
Windows Mail replaced Outlet Express. Now, however, it's gone beyond
nostalgia to necessity. I really need the ability to access a couple of
different mail accounts and keep them separate. The "different user
accounts" is not an option as far as I'm concerned. The simplest solution
that I can see is to use WinMail as usual and use another email reader like
Thunderbird to read the other account. Is there any simple option using
WinMail that I'm not thinking of? TIA!

Gary
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[Bruce Hagen]

WMIDs (Windows Mail Identities):
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/Default.aspx

 

[Gary VanderMolen [MVP]]

As you indicated, Windows Mail does not have identities like OE did.
By default, all emails from all accounts go into the same Inbox.
There are four different ways of changing that:

1. Use separate Windows user logins. That gives total privacy, and is
ideal when two different people use the same computer.

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

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

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

 

[Bob]

Thunderbird gives you the ability to use different identities. Why not use
it as your only email program?