Windows Mail

[Jt]

I have three email accounts. Problem...They all come in on the same inbox
window. How can I "switch identities" like I could on Outlook? I want to
open them in separate windows.

Second question: How do I set a password before the inbox appears?

 

[Dave]

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...

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

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

 

[Bobby]

The best feature of Outlook Express was the address book. You could
create seperate folders for the different groups of people you have e-mail
addresses for.
The same thing can't be said for Windows Mail.
You don't want to be sending jokes to your attorney, doctor or business
associates but with the contact list in Windows Mail you just might
accidently do that