My wife and I share a Win-XP-Pro PC with Office-2003-Pro but we need individual and private access to our POP3 email accounts. Our ISP says that this is not possible with Outlook 2003 since it all goes into one big bucket (although we do have separate ID/password for our accounts).
We tried using Hotmail/Yahoo/etc. but these have too many constraints and storage limitations (my ISP gives us 10MB each).
I tried to download Outlook Express (no it's not installed on the PC) with the idea that one would use Outlook-2000 and the other Outlook Express but the MS site says that I have to dowload IE 6.X I tried that but since I AM running IE 6.X, it doesn't allow the download/update.
Can someone give us options or ideas so that we can individaully and privately access our emails?
Thanks in advance for your time and efforts...
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How about profiles? I believe that is still available on 2003, no? If you go under control panel, mail and add a second profile, then ask to be prompted for user profile when Outlook starts that should do the trick. If you need further explanation, just say the word. I've not messed with 2003 but I use 2002(XP) and it works perfectly. I just don't want to go into a great big step-by-step if its a feature that has been left out of 2003.
You change it in Outlook. I just realized my terminology is all whacked. Windows NT authentication is for when you're attached to an exchange server and is set under the exchange server properties (I guess I spend too much time at the office). In your case, each user will just not put in their password under TOOLS->SERVICES->Internet eMail Properties->SERVER You will be prompted for all that information when you are setting up the new profile under CONTROL PANEL -> MAIL -> SHOW PROFILES -> ADD and just check off the Internet Mail option. That starts the wizard asking for all the internet account settings. Just leave the password bland and you should be set to go.
Strange - I am running Windows XP PRO and I go to the control panel -> Mail
What comes up is the same list of email accounts as in Outlook and there is no option to "SHOW PROFILES"
My understanding of "profiles" is that they correspond to a "USER ACCOUNT:
To set up a seperate profile you add a new user to the XP system
Hmm.. My home machine is XP Pro, only has one user account and "Show Profiles" is there. It may have to do with how Outlook was installed. During the original installation you are afforded the option of eMail only or Corporate Workgroup. I've only ever installed as corp. workgroup. You can check this setting by going to the TOOLS->OPTiONS->MAIL SERVICES->RECONFIGURE MAIL SUPPORT(button) and select the Corporate option. I believe the system will require the Outlook or Office disk for this. Remember, I'm quoting those steps from Outlook 2K and not XP. The location of this feature may be different with XP. Can anyone confirm this? In days of old, (Outlook 98, it was never a feature of 97. Exchange service was installed separately) this feature could only be obtained by reinstalling outlook from the web based setup routine on the disk.
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by: hal3000Posted on 2004-04-19 at 16:06:45ID: 10864401
Hi jlm003,
There are at least two ways to go about this.
Method 1:
set up separate user accounts under XP.
set up outlook in each account as appropriate.
This method requires switching users but will give you both the separration and the privacy.
Method 2:
In Outlook:
go to inbox and set up two sub-folders
go to tools|rules wizard
create a rule to take mail from one ISP account and move it to folder A
create a second rule to take mail from the other ISP account and move it to folder B
This method gives the needed separation but leaves open the question of privacy.
Good luck