Multiple email users

[David Anderson]

I just got off the phone with cox.net and got my account and my wife's
account for email...the problem is that they are merged together. I am
trying to figure out how to seperate them so we have individual accounts.
HP wants to charge me for technical assistance which is silly...
Can anyone help me with this action?

 

[Stubbo of Oz]

I just got off the phone with cox.net and got my account and my wife's
account for email...the problem is that they are merged together. I am
trying to figure out how to seperate them so we have individual accounts.
HP wants to charge me for technical assistance which is silly...
Can anyone help me with this action?

Create a new user account for her - Control Panel - Add or remove user
accounts.

Then she can log on as herself and have her own email setup.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

You have four options.
1. Use different Windows Users logins. This will give
complete privacy.

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

3. Use 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

 

[...winston]

Are these separate email addresses that when setup in Windows Mail use a separate username and password ?
Can each account be logged on separately via the cox.net web site ?

 

[maszep]

Winston and Gary,

I do have separate VISTA user accounts for myself and my wife, but I am
receiving messages for her in my Win Mail view when I am the user logged on
and she is receiving my messages in her Win Mail view when she is logged
into her user account.

What am I doing wrong? FIOS is our provider.

-Michael

You have four options.
1. Use different Windows Users logins. This will give
complete privacy.

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

3. Use 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

 

[BehavioralCounselor]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean when you wrote the e-mail accounts are
merged together - unless you are saying you and wife are using the same
e-mail account with Cox. If that is the case, simply setup another e-mail
address via Cox then add that to Windows Mail Account section. If you and
wife already have 2 separate e-mail accounts via Cox then you can go to Tools
| Message Rules | Mail and setup rules to distinguish between the two
accounts sending the mail to the corresponding folders you have created (or
will create). If privacy is an issue between you and wife, then you will
need to use separate logons in Windows and set Windows Mail with the unique
mail account info per user - logon to yours and setup Mail then logon as wife
and setup her Mail.

 

[Guest]

You may have a master account and an alias account, instead of two fully
separate accounts, on the server. If you do, whoever downloads first after
the message arrives will get it, and by default, remove it from the server.

If you'd rather leave a copy on the server so both of you have a chance to
get a copy, both of you should click Tools, then Accounts, then your
email account, then Properties, then Advanced. If there's no check mark
in the box before Leave a copy of messages on server, click on this box,
then Apply. It's a good idea to also make sure there's a checkmark in the
box before Remove from server after, with the time set to a reasonable
number of days. If you let too many messages build up on the server, it
could start refusing to accept any more incoming messages.

 

[miatapete]

I can't find where I posted my question so I'll ask it here.

I set windows mail to read Comcast mail and require a password. That is fine
but when you open windows mail all the old mail is right there for anyone to
open and read. You can't receive new mail without the password but all the
old items are accessable.

Outlook Express did not show the e mails until I signed in. Only difference
was that I had 4 identities then but only one now with windows mail.

Any helpis appreciated.

Thanks

Pete

 

[BehavioralCounselor]

Windows Mail does not support different Identities. If you have more than
yourself using the computer and you are wanting privacy, then you need to use
different logon names/passwords for each user on the machine and then setup
the mail account corresponding to the logged in user.

 

[miatapete]

Thanks. Now when I open windows nmail and click on identities it does say
just what you are saying and going on to say the security is better.

But I sure am going to miss not having to sign in as a seperate user each
time.

Pete

 

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

I just got off the phone with cox.net and got my account and my wife's
account for email...the problem is that they are merged together. I am
trying to figure out how to seperate them so we have individual accounts.
HP wants to charge me for technical assistance which is silly...
Can anyone help me with this action?

Five 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

5. Enable the Account column in the Inbox.