Vista - Setting up multiple email address w/Windows Mail/vista version

I just go a new computer w/Vista and Windows mail is installed. Under my old
computer which had Outlook, I was able to set up multiple identities. How do
I do that under the Windows mail. My husband and I have different email
addresses under the same computer and want that ability again with this. How
do I do that?? It won't let me "switch identiites" under the file tab. It
just says "Identities".

The password-protected Identities feature in Outlook Express
gave a false sense of security. Anyone with access to your PC could
open and read your mail files. Vista is all about *real* security,
so Windows Mail did away with the Identities feature.
If you need the additional privacy for your separate email accounts,
use separate Windows user logins. If you don't need the privacy, just
set up both email accounts under the same Windows user.
If you want, you can have incoming mail automatically sorted into
'His' and 'Hers' folders. Let us know if you need help with setting up
the message rules.

Gary VanderMolen

"MooseHouse in Indy" <MooseHouse in Indy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I just go a new computer w/Vista and Windows mail is installed. Under my old
> computer which had Outlook, I was able to set up multiple identities. How do
> I do that under the Windows mail. My husband and I have different email
> addresses under the same computer and want that ability again with this. How
> do I do that?? It won't let me "switch identiites" under the file tab. It
> just says "Identities".

You can have Identities with this program.
http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/Default.aspx

You can install a different email program.
Windows Live Mail: http://get.live.com/betas/maildesktop_betas

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Ronald Sommer

"MooseHouse in Indy" <MooseHouse in Indy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:58D41FA2-CC9D-48D4-B668-A7CAF8ABDEBD@microsoft.com...
:I just go a new computer w/Vista and Windows mail is installed. Under my
old
: computer which had Outlook, I was able to set up multiple identities. How
do
: I do that under the Windows mail. My husband and I have different email
: addresses under the same computer and want that ability again with this.
How
: do I do that?? It won't let me "switch identiites" under the file tab. It
: just says "Identities".

As Gary indicates, the Identities feature was removed in WinMail and you can
use message rules to sort between email addresses. My WMIDs program
(www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/) alternatively, puts the feature back into WinMail.

steve

"MooseHouse in Indy" <MooseHouse in Indy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:58D41FA2-CC9D-48D4-B668-A7CAF8ABDEBD@microsoft.com...
>I just go a new computer w/Vista and Windows mail is installed. Under my
>old
> computer which had Outlook, I was able to set up multiple identities. How
> do
> I do that under the Windows mail. My husband and I have different email
> addresses under the same computer and want that ability again with this.
> How
> do I do that?? It won't let me "switch identiites" under the file tab. It
> just says "Identities".