Vista - Windows Mail. emails, FROM bar and its dropdown feature

I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when the
second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use the
email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
anyone replying to me also has the same option! They may use the primary
account address or the new second account address which both appear in the
dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This defeats
the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I can
remove this double option from the dropdown? DB

You have to remove one of the accounts to get rid of it. That's all there is
too it. No hacks, etc.

For whatever reason the people creating Windows Mail decided to drop
Identities in favor of Windows accounts. So if you want only the one address
to show, you set up each in it's own Windows account.



"db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
> that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when
> the
> second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use
> the
> email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
> anyone replying to me also has the same option! They may use the primary
> account address or the new second account address which both appear in
> the
> dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
> defeats
> the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I can
> remove this double option from the dropdown? DB

"db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsBD30A3D-D74F-4893-A227-3B11A98F70CE@microsoft.com...
:I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
: that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when
the
: second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use
the
: email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
: anyone replying to me also has the same option!

Only the selected address is on the sent email.
Anyone replying to you does not have that option.

You can create a second Inbox for the second address, then you will know to
use the second address when replying to those emails.
--
Ronald Sommer


They may use the primary
: account address or the new second account address which both appear in
the
: dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
defeats
: the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I can
: remove this double option from the dropdown? DB

Or get WMIDs. www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/

"DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message
news:6D5B7995-3D2E-40D6-BD8B-E02947C6C773@microsoft.com...
> You have to remove one of the accounts to get rid of it. That's all there
> is too it. No hacks, etc.
>
> For whatever reason the people creating Windows Mail decided to drop
> Identities in favor of Windows accounts. So if you want only the one
> address to show, you set up each in it's own Windows account.
>
>
>
> "db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsBD30A3D-D74F-4893-A227-3B11A98F70CE@microsoft.com...
>>I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
>> that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when
>> the
>> second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use
>> the
>> email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
>> anyone replying to me also has the same option! They may use the primary
>> account address or the new second account address which both appear in
>> the
>> dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
>> defeats
>> the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I
>> can
>> remove this double option from the dropdown? DB
>

Thank you DGuess. They are already (meant to be) two separate accounts but
both appear in the FROM bar dropdown. I cannot see any way of installing two
main accounts which are complerely separate. They both come up under Mail. I
could take the second one right out, as you say, but how easy is that to
reinstall and will the system tolerate that?
DB

"DGuess" wrote:

> You have to remove one of the accounts to get rid of it. That's all there is
> too it. No hacks, etc.
>
> For whatever reason the people creating Windows Mail decided to drop
> Identities in favor of Windows accounts. So if you want only the one address
> to show, you set up each in it's own Windows account.
>
>
>
> "db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsBD30A3D-D74F-4893-A227-3B11A98F70CE@microsoft.com...
> >I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
> > that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when
> > the
> > second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use
> > the
> > email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
> > anyone replying to me also has the same option! They may use the primary
> > account address or the new second account address which both appear in
> > the
> > dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
> > defeats
> > the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I can
> > remove this double option from the dropdown? DB
>

Thank you Steve Cochran. I looked at the site, but it requires too much
technical expertise for me to install it. It looks a good idea though. DB

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> Or get WMIDs. www.oehelp.com/WMIDs/
>
> "DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message
> news:6D5B7995-3D2E-40D6-BD8B-E02947C6C773@microsoft.com...
> > You have to remove one of the accounts to get rid of it. That's all there
> > is too it. No hacks, etc.
> >
> > For whatever reason the people creating Windows Mail decided to drop
> > Identities in favor of Windows accounts. So if you want only the one
> > address to show, you set up each in it's own Windows account.
> >
> >
> >
> > "db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > newsBD30A3D-D74F-4893-A227-3B11A98F70CE@microsoft.com...
> >>I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
> >> that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when
> >> the
> >> second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use
> >> the
> >> email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
> >> anyone replying to me also has the same option! They may use the primary
> >> account address or the new second account address which both appear in
> >> the
> >> dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
> >> defeats
> >> the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I
> >> can
> >> remove this double option from the dropdown? DB
> >
>

Thank you Ron. I cannot see the the program for a second inbox; would you
point it out please? The point about users having two options to reply to is
that the second option - the work address - was posted on a website I run.
When that is used the user does have the two options in the email form which
materialises for him to use. The best answer would be two entirely separate
accounts, but I cannot find how to do that either. BD

"Ron Sommer" wrote:

>
> "db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsBD30A3D-D74F-4893-A227-3B11A98F70CE@microsoft.com...
> :I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was intended
> : that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases when
> the
> : second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I use
> the
> : email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine but
> : anyone replying to me also has the same option!
>
> Only the selected address is on the sent email.
> Anyone replying to you does not have that option.
>
> You can create a second Inbox for the second address, then you will know to
> use the second address when replying to those emails.
> --
> Ronald Sommer
>
>
> They may use the primary
> : account address or the new second account address which both appear in
> the
> : dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
> defeats
> : the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I can
> : remove this double option from the dropdown? DB
>
>

Control Panel User Accounts
Set up a new user for the other e-mail address.
They log into that one.

Steve's way is a whole lot easier


"db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B45DBB5-AEB6-4BC4-A5B0-7EC975A0DAC7@microsoft.com...
> Thank you DGuess. They are already (meant to be) two separate accounts but
> both appear in the FROM bar dropdown. I cannot see any way of installing
> two
> main accounts which are complerely separate. They both come up under Mail.
> I
> could take the second one right out, as you say, but how easy is that to
> reinstall and will the system tolerate that?
> DB
>
> "DGuess" wrote:
>
>> You have to remove one of the accounts to get rid of it. That's all there
>> is
>> too it. No hacks, etc.
>>
>> For whatever reason the people creating Windows Mail decided to drop
>> Identities in favor of Windows accounts. So if you want only the one
>> address
>> to show, you set up each in it's own Windows account.
>>
>>
>>
>> "db" <db@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> newsBD30A3D-D74F-4893-A227-3B11A98F70CE@microsoft.com...
>> >I have just spent hours setting up a second email account. It was
>> >intended
>> > that the primary address would not be visible at all in those cases
>> > when
>> > the
>> > second address was to be used. That is why I acquired it. Now when I
>> > use
>> > the
>> > email form I have the option of either to use outgoing which is fine
>> > but
>> > anyone replying to me also has the same option! They may use the
>> > primary
>> > account address or the new second account address which both appear in
>> > the
>> > dropdown FROM bar at the top of the form ie at its destination. This
>> > defeats
>> > the whole purpose of having the second address. Does anyone know how I
>> > can
>> > remove this double option from the dropdown? DB
>>