Steve Cochran

To be honest with you. I never used the feature in OE. <VBG>

It does have its uses, I guess for some.

steve

"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, I agree, generally. And I wish to echo the other posters appreciation
> of your contributions. Thanks!
>
> Yeah, there are conveniences attached to identities... I guess. But most
> of this can be done via "rules" and sorting of multiple email accounts.
> Anyway....
>
> -Frank
>
> "Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
> news:778A1289-D396-4D76-93EE-B5DA4237501E@microsoft.com...
>> Yeah, but others have said they want to segregate their store between
>> business and personal. And others are hubby and wifey with no secrets
>> from each other, so they log on to the same user space, but they want to
>> keep their mail accounts and messages separate, but not secure from each
>> other.
>>
>> It also useful for those whose message stores have gotten corrupted, as
>> they can fix that issue by setting up a new Identity, as was often the
>> need in OE.
>>
>> But I made that point very clear, so there would not be any false sense
>> of security.
>>
>> cheers,
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message
>> news:rsGdnW_Dlp5zHXDYnZ2dnUVZ_silnZ2d@giganews.com...
>>>> Note, however, that in such a circumstance, the other users can access
>>>> each others' messages via Windows > Explorer, so there is no security /
>>>> privacy. That can only be achieved by different user logons.
>>>
>>> Exactly. Which is probably why MS eliminated "Identities" to begin with.
>>> False sense of security that never did exist.
>>>
>>> -Frank
>>
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