Vista - Multiple users on one Windows mail account

It's no problem setting up multiple user accounts to access the same e-mail
account. But, there is the issue of deciding how and when to remove messages
from the server. It would be much, much easier and better to give each user
their own e-mail address and set up each user account to access only its own
e-mail address.


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"BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS. Is
> there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows
> Mail?
> I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user account to
> let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family generally. And I
> don't
> want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so we can each get them on
> our
> own account

Eeks, what a pain. You'd do well to just give each family member a separate
e-mail account. That's how most people do it because it's easy, makes sense,
works with the way things are designed, and there's no good reason not to do
it that way.

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"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:F49D8B1E-0D0E-4F61-95C7-BDEE9EE343AF@microsoft.com...
> What you can do is act as a filter and only download the mail from your
> account. Then, since the messages are individual eml files, copy the
> messages you want them to see to a folder. Then you can copy that folder
> in Windows Explorer to a user directory that all users have access to.
> Then they can all access those messages via Windows Explorer browsing to
> that directory, rather than even needing WinMail to do it.
>
> So the administrator message store would be located under
>
> c:\users\adminname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\
>
> If you copied the messages in WinMail to a folder called Share, then the
> messages would be located under \Local Folders\Share. You can copy that
> directory to a location each user can access and then they can all see
> those messages, and not any others.
>
>
> steve
>
> "BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7235771E-FACB-44C1-989B-C0A440C462B7@microsoft.com...
>> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS.
>> Is
>> there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows
>> Mail?
>> I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user account
>> to
>> let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family generally. And I
>> don't
>> want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so we can each get them on
>> our
>> own account
>

I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS. Is
there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows Mail?
I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user account to
let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family generally. And I don't
want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so we can each get them on our
own account

What you can do is act as a filter and only download the mail from your
account. Then, since the messages are individual eml files, copy the
messages you want them to see to a folder. Then you can copy that folder in
Windows Explorer to a user directory that all users have access to. Then
they can all access those messages via Windows Explorer browsing to that
directory, rather than even needing WinMail to do it.

So the administrator message store would be located under

c:\users\adminname\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\

If you copied the messages in WinMail to a folder called Share, then the
messages would be located under \Local Folders\Share. You can copy that
directory to a location each user can access and then they can all see those
messages, and not any others.


steve

"BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7235771E-FACB-44C1-989B-C0A440C462B7@microsoft.com...
> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS. Is
> there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows
> Mail?
> I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user account to
> let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family generally. And I
> don't
> want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so we can each get them on
> our
> own account

The "right" way to do this is to give each user their own private Vista
logon. Then, within each logon, only they will have access to their
configured email account.

This is the "standard" in computer security/privacy. Might as well learn it
now, before needing to use it at work. O'course, next you're gonna tell me
they are 8 years old and have a ways to go before "work". LOL!

-Frank

"BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7235771E-FACB-44C1-989B-C0A440C462B7@microsoft.com...
> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS. Is
> there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows
> Mail?
> I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user account to
> let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family generally. And I
> don't
> want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so we can each get them on
> our
> own account

You should not give children access to a computer that is logged
in to an administrator account. One way to handle this is to
print hard copies of any messages that are of general family
interest. As the kids get older, they will need their own email
account and their own (limited) Windows login.

Gary VanderMolen


"BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:7235771E-FACB-44C1-989B-C0A440C462B7@microsoft.com...
> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS. Is
> there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows Mail?
> I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user account to
> let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family generally. And I don't
> want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so we can each get them on our
> own account

How do you know the ages of the members of his family? How do you know they
are even "kids"?

-Frank

"Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
news:e%23T1P8DXHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> You should not give children access to a computer that is logged
> in to an administrator account. One way to handle this is to print hard
> copies of any messages that are of general family
> interest. As the kids get older, they will need their own email
> account and their own (limited) Windows login.
>
> Gary VanderMolen
>
>
> "BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7235771E-FACB-44C1-989B-C0A440C462B7@microsoft.com...
>> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS.
>> Is there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows
>> Mail? I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user
>> account to let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family
>> generally. And I don't want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so
>> we can each get them on our own account

"Family of four" implies that at least two kids are involved.
The father did not think it appropriate for the other family
members to have their own email accounts. If the kids
were teenagers or older, I'm sure he'd see the wisdom
of letting them have some privacy.

Gary VanderMolen


"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message news:sbGdnRQX-K57_HrYnZ2dnUVZ_q-vnZ2d@giganews.com...
> How do you know the ages of the members of his family? How do you know they
> are even "kids"?
>
> -Frank
>
> "Gary VanderMolen" <Gary@nomail.invalid> wrote in message
> news:e%23T1P8DXHHA.1208@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> You should not give children access to a computer that is logged
>> in to an administrator account. One way to handle this is to print hard
>> copies of any messages that are of general family
>> interest. As the kids get older, they will need their own email
>> account and their own (limited) Windows login.
>>
>> Gary VanderMolen
>>
>>
>> "BEZBERRY" <BEZBERRY@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7235771E-FACB-44C1-989B-C0A440C462B7@microsoft.com...
>>> I'm the father of a family of 4 & the administrator of a new Vista OS.
>>> Is there a way all 4 users can access the same e-mail account on Windows
>>> Mail? I don't want to allow all users access to my administrator user
>>> account to let them get the e-mails that are sent to the family
>>> generally. And I don't want to have in-bound e-mails quadrupled just so
>>> we can each get them on our own account
>

> "Family of four" implies that at least two kids are involved.

Maybe you are psychic... LOL.

I have a family of three. Myself, my wife, and my 88 year old mother in law.
No kids.

-Frank

"Frankster" <Frank@SPAM2TRASH.com> wrote in message news:M7udnccQzuT-2nXYnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@giganews.com...
>
>> "Family of four" implies that at least two kids are involved.
>
> Maybe you are psychic... LOL.
>
> I have a family of three. Myself, my wife, and my 88 year old mother in law.
> No kids.

OK, I was assuming an average "family". When an OP is sketchy with details
sometimes you have to do a best guess.

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Gary VanderMolen