Outlook Express 5 - E-mail/Newsgroups Client for Macintosh Classic

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Creating additional identities:

Suppose you have several people in the household using the same computer.  If every e-mail address were configured under the same profile, all the e-mail would be downloaded into the same place.  You would then have to sort through the e-mails finding which belonged to you and which belonged to any other user.  Profiles eliminate this hassle.  Creating a profile is like having your own version of Outlook Express; they help keep your mail from any other users of the computer.

To open the Identity manager, click File, then Switch Identity.

 

The Outlook Express Identity Manager appears.

Click the New button.

 

Creating a New Profile:

For Identity Name, enter a name to help you identify this Identity later.  Click OK.

Outlook Express will close and then re-open in the new Identity.

The first time the new identity is opened, the following Assistant appears.

You can close this Assistant, and then follow the steps in the tutorial for Creating new e-mail accounts.

 

The next time you open the Identity Manager, you'll see the new identity listed, as shown below.

 

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