Separate accounts

[Adam Steinbring]

How can I set up separate accounts for my son and daughter like we had with
Oulook Express?

 

[Dave]

(boilerplate reply)
You can add multiple accounts, via Tools - Accounts - Add, but Windows Mail
doesn't have identities or a
password option....
Windows Mail puts email from all accounts into the same Inbox, and there's
no setting to change that. When you send a message, you can select which
account to send from, by clicking on the From: box.

Here are a few alternatives to keep your email separate...

1. Create folders for each email account and create message rules to move
email addressed to each account into the appropriate folder.

2. Create and use different Windows Users, each with WM accessing only
their email account. (This is how you set a password to keep other users
out.)

3. Use the newer Windows Live Mail which has separate folders for each
account, but no identities or password:
http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview

4. Purchase WMIDs which adds identities to WM
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/Default.aspx

5. Use Windows Mail for one account, Windows Live Mail for another, etc.

 

[mac]

I'm having the same problem. 4 seperate email accounts (one for family,
one for business, etc). windows mail dumps them all into one inbox.
outlook and outlook express were much better.
My question is this, before I try live mail, is it really any better?
and can I import my contacts and old messages into live from windows
mail?

I'm a single user and have no problem with passwords and such. it's
just me here. I just want to have all my mail accounts download and go
into seperate folders. help!!!!!!

news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.mail

Tools menu>message rules>add/new>direct mail from your various accounts into
new folders, that you create, it's easy.

 

[Bridget Brooks]

I'm trying to set up my email account. I have window vista, will someone
please send me a email or a tip or two.

Thanks,

Bridget

 

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

I'm having the same problem. 4 seperate email accounts (one for family,
one for business, etc). windows mail dumps them all into one inbox.
outlook and outlook express were much better.
My question is this, before I try live mail, is it really any better?
and can I import my contacts and old messages into live from windows
mail?

I'm a single user and have no problem with passwords and such. it's
just me here. I just want to have all my mail accounts download and go
into seperate folders. help!!!!!!

Five possibilities in Windows Mail:

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.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

Yes, Windows Live Mail usually imports all your Windows Mail settings,
emails, accounts, and contacts.
Download WLM here: http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview