Dual email use problem

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Have set up laptop for my 2 children.
Win XP home edition.
IE6 and OE6.
Both with same ISP but using different
access numbers.
Individual access to internet ok..
Email downloads for the one whose
name is shown as default in OE-tools-accounts-mail.
Switch default to other and its mail downloads.
How can his switching be eliminated?
Appreciate help.
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nedjm said:
Have set up laptop for my 2 children.
Win XP home edition.
IE6 and OE6.
Both with same ISP but using different
access numbers.
Individual access to internet ok..
Email downloads for the one whose
name is shown as default in OE-tools-accounts-mail.
Switch default to other and its mail downloads.
How can his switching be eliminated?
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Make sure that both OE installations use the same Store Folder. You
can adjust the setting in Tools > Options > Maintenance > Store
Folder. You cannot run OE with the Fast User Switching feature if you
do this, of course.
 
Have set up laptop for my 2 children.
Win XP home edition.
IE6 and OE6.
Both with same ISP but using different
access numbers.
Individual access to internet ok..
Email downloads for the one whose
name is shown as default in OE-tools-accounts-mail.
Switch default to other and its mail downloads.
How can his switching be eliminated?
Appreciate help.
(e-mail address removed)
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have you set up two different Users? If you have then the instances of
OE will be completely different, with different folder locations and you
can set completely different settings for each one.
 
Two different names,passwords and access numbers.
Same isp, earthlink.
The problem is that whichever account name
(tools, accounts) is set as default, that persons
mail downloads even when I access using the other
account name. Perhaps if default can be eliminated ????
--- Store shows same path etc.
nedjm
 
Two different names,passwords and access numbers.
Same isp, earthlink.
The problem is that whichever account name
(tools, accounts) is set as default, that persons
mail downloads even when I access using the other
account name. Perhaps if default can be eliminated ????
--- Store shows same path etc.
nedjm
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What I meant was, two different WINDOWS users, NOT OE users.
 
nedjm said:
Two different names,passwords and access numbers.
Same isp, earthlink.
The problem is that whichever account name
(tools, accounts) is set as default, that persons
mail downloads even when I access using the other
account name. Perhaps if default can be eliminated ????
--- Store shows same path etc.
nedjm
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This happens when the two accounts are actually aliases for the same mailbox
on the server. The only way to handle it is with Message Rules.
 
Fred,
Would you tell me which rules to ue?
I read them and am not sure which applies
to my problem. Many thanks.
nedjm
 
nedjm said:
Fred,
Would you tell me which rules to ue?
I read them and am not sure which applies
to my problem. Many thanks.
nedjm
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There is no perfect set of rules, but you can get a fairly good
approximation. First you have to decide which user is the administrative
user. We'll call that one User A and the other User B.

For User B, first go to Tools | Accounts and double click the account. On
the Advanced tab check the option to Leave a copy on the server and to
Delete messages after 5 days. Change 5 to a number of days that you are
SURE will have had User A downloading messages. Then make this Message
Rule:

Where To or CC does not contain [User B]
Do not download from server.

The Not becomes available if you click Options after putting in the name.
If user B also has other rules, put that rule at the top and add "Stop
processing more rules" to the rule.

For User A you need two Rules. First, create a mail folder named Examine or
something for mail that doesn't fit the first rule. Then set User A's
account to leave mail on the server for a number of days that you are SURE
will have had User B downloading messages. The first (top) rule will be
this:

Where To or CC contains [User A]
Stop processing more rules

The second will be:

For all messages
Move to Examine, or whatever you named the folder.

After you have entered the rules they will all start with

Apply this rule after the message arrives

Mail that had User A or User B in the BCC field will end up in User A's
Examine folder along with a lot of the spam.

As I indicated, these rules are not perfect, but they are the best I could
do when my wife and I had aliases for the same account. I eventually got
her an entirely separate account with the ISP.

Good luck.
 
As I indicated, these rules are not perfect, but they are the best I could
do when my wife and I had aliases for the same account. I eventually got
her an entirely separate account with the ISP.

Let me clarify.
Each of my daughters has her own account with earthlink.
One resides in San Diego, the other in Los Angeles.
They take turns coming to take care of me.
So I setup a laptop for their use.
I put in the data and each can access the internet
using their own account and a local access number.
Activating OE will only download mail for whomever
is shown as "default".
I have my own desktop located in my bedroom
and I use satellite for internet access.
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Frank Saunders said:
nedjm said:
Fred,
Would you tell me which rules to ue?
I read them and am not sure which applies
to my problem. Many thanks.
nedjm
Click to expand...

There is no perfect set of rules, but you can get a fairly good
approximation. First you have to decide which user is the administrative
user. We'll call that one User A and the other User B.

For User B, first go to Tools | Accounts and double click the account. On
the Advanced tab check the option to Leave a copy on the server and to
Delete messages after 5 days. Change 5 to a number of days that you are
SURE will have had User A downloading messages. Then make this Message
Rule:

Where To or CC does not contain [User B]
Do not download from server.

The Not becomes available if you click Options after putting in the name.
If user B also has other rules, put that rule at the top and add "Stop
processing more rules" to the rule.

For User A you need two Rules. First, create a mail folder named Examine or
something for mail that doesn't fit the first rule. Then set User A's
account to leave mail on the server for a number of days that you are SURE
will have had User B downloading messages. The first (top) rule will be
this:

Where To or CC contains [User A]
Stop processing more rules

The second will be:

For all messages
Move to Examine, or whatever you named the folder.

After you have entered the rules they will all start with

Apply this rule after the message arrives

Mail that had User A or User B in the BCC field will end up in User A's
Examine folder along with a lot of the spam.

As I indicated, these rules are not perfect, but they are the best I could
do when my wife and I had aliases for the same account. I eventually got
her an entirely separate account with the ISP.

Good luck.
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