HELP!!! - multiple email accounts

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I am trying to segregate email in Outlook 2000 / Windows
ME. Is this possible? I have tried, but mail continues
to go to both accounts. Any suggestions?
 
Please be more specific. I run 7 POP3 accts and 3 HTTP
accts from OL(XP), and I ran about 5 POP3 from OL2000. I
had no problem sending mail from various accounts, and
received mail goes to the proper acct on the POP3 server.
Pulling mail from the POP3 server(s) from multiple
accounts will result in all mail in one common inbox /
pst file. You could use rules I suppose to send it to
different pst files, but I am not sure exactly what your
problem is...you say mail continues to GO to BOTH
accounts. This does not sound like you are complaining
about mulitple account emails being received in one
location. So again please explain your problem more
clearly. It is possible multiple Outlook profiles might
help you...right click on the Outlook icon, properties,
profiles. You can start Outlook with different profiles,
completely separating accounts, pst files, etc.
MM
 
I am using a friends computer for a while. Her account is
the primary account and mine is set up as a secondary
email account. I was expecting that if someone sent me e-
mail it would go to my mailbox and she would not see it
and likewise the other way, but if we log on to either
one, we see each other's email. I have tried setting up
the users for Windows (on ME), but that hasn't worked. I
noticed I have 3 .pst files; one for each of us and
another Outlook in general.
 
If you're running Outlook 2000 in Internet Mail Only mode (if you're not
sure, see Help | About Microsoft Outlook and look at the second line), the
only way to completely split up the data is to create Windows-level
profiles, as you tried. Now you need to associate only one .PST file and
one mail account with Outlook under each Windows profile.

Have your friend log into her Windows profile, open Outlook, delete your
mail account, and close your .PST file by right-clicking its root folder in
the Folder List and selecting Close. (She should make sure her own .PST
file is listed as the default mail delivery location first.)

After she's done that, you can log into your Windows profile and open
Outlook. If it doesn't find a .PST file, point it to yours. If it does,
and it's the wrong one, open the proper one using File | Open, then set it
as the default and close the other one. You'll then need to add your own
mail account, and make sure hers isn't listed.

Finally, if there's any chance either of you will be tempted to snoop into
each other's .PST files -- which would be easy to do using File | Open --
you should password-protect them, which can be done via the Properties
dialog (click the Advanced button). Just be very careful not to lose the
passwords or you're gonna have big problems.

--
Jocelyn Fiorello
MVP - Outlook

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