Multiple users wanting to use the same email account

[Mike]

My wife and I are both using the same computer and we set
up 2 user accounts on the computer so that we can each
have our own personal settings...

However, we want to share the same ISP provided email
account so that our friends and family can all email us at
one address. So I set up outlook on both of our user
accounts to check the same mail server. The problem is
that it saves different information on each user account.

If I'm online and check our email and leave the message in
the inbox for her to view later, and she logs into her
user account, the inbox will be empty because I checked it
on my computer and the emails are in my personal inbox
folder. Also, I went through all of our friends/families
old emails and I created contacts out of all of them.
When we log into her user account and open the contacts
folder, it's empty. We don't really want to have to go
through all of our friends emails, addresses and phone
numbers and create all those contacts over again when I
already did it once. I don't know how to make email
settings global for all users on the same computer, or if
this is even possible...

The contact list is annoying but if we have to we can
create a duplicate list on her user account. However, I
would like to be able to send/receive email and have them
show up in her user accounts inbox and outbox saved
messages, etc. Any help please?

Thanks again,
Mike

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

You first - what version of Outlook and Windows?

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After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Mike asked:

| My wife and I are both using the same computer and we set
| up 2 user accounts on the computer so that we can each
| have our own personal settings...
|
| However, we want to share the same ISP provided email
| account so that our friends and family can all email us at
| one address. So I set up outlook on both of our user
| accounts to check the same mail server. The problem is
| that it saves different information on each user account.
|
| If I'm online and check our email and leave the message in
| the inbox for her to view later, and she logs into her
| user account, the inbox will be empty because I checked it
| on my computer and the emails are in my personal inbox
| folder. Also, I went through all of our friends/families
| old emails and I created contacts out of all of them.
| When we log into her user account and open the contacts
| folder, it's empty. We don't really want to have to go
| through all of our friends emails, addresses and phone
| numbers and create all those contacts over again when I
| already did it once. I don't know how to make email
| settings global for all users on the same computer, or if
| this is even possible...
|
| The contact list is annoying but if we have to we can
| create a duplicate list on her user account. However, I
| would like to be able to send/receive email and have them
| show up in her user accounts inbox and outbox saved
| messages, etc. Any help please?
|
| Thanks again,
| Mike

 

[Brian Tillman]

My wife and I are both using the same computer and we set
up 2 user accounts on the computer so that we can each
have our own personal settings...

This implies WIndows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. I'm guessing the
latter.

However, we want to share the same ISP provided email
account so that our friends and family can all email us at
one address.

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