Separating accounts

[D4WUTEVER]

Im new to windows mail, and just set up mine and my mothers accounts. when i
open mail it doesnt give an option of which account to choose it just opens.
i dont want to get her mail also and i dont want her getting mine, how do i
separate???

 

[David Webb]

Windows Mail does not support separate identities. To have separate e-mail
folders, you have to create a new user account for Windows.

If you have created additional e-mail accounts in the same Windows user account,
they will all use the same folders by default. The only difference is when you
create a new outgoing message, you're able to select which account is being used
(sent from).

As a workaround, you can create an additional inbox, such as Inbox2, and then
create a simple rule that moves any incoming messages for this account to it.
The other remaining mail boxes (except for Inbox) are shared.

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

There are four different ways to do this.

About the best you can do with just Windows Mail is to use
message rules to separate incoming email so that different
accounts go into different inbox folders.

Another option (not free) can be obtained here:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/

A third option is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM).
Although WLM doesn't have the full-blown Identities feature
that OE had, nevertheless it has some of that functionality.
Separate folders for each account help to keep mail separated
without having to use any message rules.

A fourth option is to use separate Windows logins.

 

[Harry van Vueren]

Hi Gary

Thank you for all your help to works this out, I have also emails coming in
from 2 accounts and split them with a Rule in separate Inboxes. Works well !

But when I sent messages I have them automatically stored in the Sent items
box and all Sent items from the both accounts end up in the same Sent items
box. Very confusing

Anything I can do to split this as well in two separate Sent boxes ??

Looking forward to hear from you

Harry van Vueren

There are four different ways to do this.

About the best you can do with just Windows Mail is to use
message rules to separate incoming email so that different
accounts go into different inbox folders.

Another option (not free) can be obtained here:
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/

A third option is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail (WLM).
Although WLM doesn't have the full-blown Identities feature
that OE had, nevertheless it has some of that functionality.
Separate folders for each account help to keep mail separated
without having to use any message rules.

A fourth option is to use separate Windows logins.
--
Gary VanderMolen [MS-MVP WLM]

Im new to windows mail, and just set up mine and my mothers accounts. when i
open mail it doesnt give an option of which account to choose it just opens.
i dont want to get her mail also and i dont want her getting mine, how do i
separate???

 

[mac]

Hi Gary

Thank you for all your help to works this out, I have also emails coming
in
from 2 accounts and split them with a Rule in separate Inboxes. Works well
!

But when I sent messages I have them automatically stored in the Sent
items
box and all Sent items from the both accounts end up in the same Sent
items
box. Very confusing

Anything I can do to split this as well in two separate Sent boxes ??

Looking forward to hear from you

You will have to do this manually, right click>move to folder etc.

Or you can set up another message rule:

Where the To line contains>move to specified folder, you would have to apply
that type of rule manually also, via the message rules apply now button.

I use the latter for several of my regular correspondents, but I only do it
every few weeks.
YMMV?

 

[Harry van Vueren]

Hi Mac

is there no way to make this happen automatically, with a setting,
parameter, rule etc ?

best regards, Harry

 

[Gary VanderMolen]

The easiest way to do that is to upgrade to Windows Live Mail.
It has a separate set of folders (Inbox, Sent Items, etc.) for each account.
No rules needed.

http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview