Setting Up Multiple Identities in Outlook Express 5

If you have more than one person in your house who uses the same computer for e-mail, each one can have a separate mail box in Outlook Express. This means that each person can have separate messages, contacts, and personal settings. This is possible by creating multiple "identities." Once created, you can switch between identities without having to shut down your computer or lose your Internet connection.

The following topics provide more information:

• Add a new identity
• Delete an identity
• Switch to a different identity
• Change the current identity's settings
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To add a new identity

Related Topics

• Add a new identity
• Delete an identity
• Switch to a different identity
• Change the current identity's settings
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To delete an identity

1. On the File menu, point to Identities, and then click Manage Identities.
2. Select a user, and then click Remove.

Notes

• You cannot delete the current identity.
• When you delete an identity, the corresponding settings are deleted, but data is not.

Related Topics

• Add a new identity
• Delete an identity
• Switch to a different identity
• Change the current identity's settings
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To switch to a different identity

1. 1. On the File menu, click Switch Identity.
2. 2. Select the user you want to switch to.

Related Topics

• Add a new identity
• Delete an identity
• Switch to a different identity
• Change the current identity's settings
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To change the current identity's settings

1. On the File menu, point to Identities, and then click Manage Identities.
2. Change any of the settings.

• To change your identity name or password, select your identity name, and click Properties.
• To change the identity that opens on startup, select an identity from the drop-down list. (If the check box is cleared, you will be prompted for the identity you want each time you open an identity-aware program.)
• To change the identity that you want all programs (identity-aware or not) to use when performing automatic processes, select an identity from the bottom drop-down list.

Related Topics

• Add a new identity
• Delete an identity
• Switch to a different identity
• Change the current identity's settings
• Back to Top