I'm not sure if this is an OutLook Express or an ISP question..Am I able to have a second email address through my server (GTE) which would come into my OutLook Express?..I'm just not sure how to set it up..Thank you for any advice.. Claudia

Claudia ,,,, if you are asking if you can set up more than one e-mail account in OE ,,, yes you can, as many as you like. You ask:: >Am I able to have a second email address through my server (GTE)< This you will have to find out from your server, most do. To do it, you will have to make the arrangements with your server and get an additional user name & password & e-mail address for the second mail box. If security and privacy is no problem, you will not need the User Name & Password, you can use the ones you already have, but you will need the additional e-mail address. ,,,,, when you have what you need from your ISP, its' a simple matter of adding it to your OE e-mail accounts. First you need some basic information about your ISP which you can acquire from your current account. ,,,, Tools/Accounts ,, select your current account and click on Properties, under the "Servers" Tab, record what is in the "Incoming Mail(POP3)" window and in the "Out going mail(SMTP)" window. You will need these for your new account. To set up your new account:: Tools/Accounts ,,, click on Add ,, an "Internet connection wizard" will open ,,, in the "Display Name" window, type in a name of your choose for the new account, it must be different from your current account, and can be anything. (AA)1. Next 2. Select "I already have an e-mail address that I'd like to use" E-Mail address: (enter your new address) 3. Next 4. My Incoming mail server is a : ( POP3 ) server Incoming mail: (enter name from current account) Outgoing mail: (enter name from current account) 5. Next 6. Account name: (enter your current/New User Name) Password: (enter your current/New password) Check "Remember password" 7. Next 8. Finish Your new account should now be set up and will be listed in your Accounts window (Tools/Accounts) Now that both accounts are set up, choose one as your "Default" and click on the "Default" button. (in the Tools/Accounts window) Now here is where it gets a little tricky, deciding how you want to check & download the mail from both accounts, both at the same time or one and not the other then the other at a later time. Under Tools/Accounts/Properties/General Tab ,,, at the bottom left of page is a small box labeled "Include this account when receiving mail or synchronizing" ,,, this box MUST be checked for OE to check for mail in this account. 1. If both accounts are checked, OE will download mail for both accounts at the same time. 2. To check one and not the other, clear the little box for the one not to check. ,,,, Tools/Accounts/Properties/General Tab ,,, clear box ,,, Apply ,, OK ,,,select account to check ,,, Close ,,,, Send/Recv 3. After #2, to check the other account:: >>>>> Tools/Accounts/ ,,, select Other account ,, Properties/General Tab ,, check box ,,, Apply ,,, OK ,,,, Close ,,, Send/Recv Above is one way to do it ,,,, Below is another, and probably the one you want, here you will set up an "Identity", this method allows the two accounts to be kept separate and individual. Go to File/Identities ,,, Manage Identities ,,, New ,,,fill out the form ,,, OK ----> you will be ask if you want to switch to your new identity now ,,, answer yes ,,, you will be presented with a whole new fresh unused OE page along with the same forms to fill out as in the 1st method above starting at (AA). Fill out the first page on your own, then start at (AA)1. Next ,,, complete the other forms (pages) the same as above in method #1. If all goes well, you now have two Identities, one for you and one for your spouse or kids. You can set yours up for you and they can set theirs up for them. To switch back and forth ,,,, File/ Switch Identity ... ,,,,, click on your Identity and there you are. Good grief ,,, if anybody understands all this ,,,, please explain it back to me <g> Good Luck Bob Hays ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 14, 2000 3:50 PM Subject: [OE] E-mail Addresses > I'm not sure if this is an OutLook Express or an ISP question..Am I able > to have a second email address through my server (GTE) which would come > into my OutLook Express?..I'm just not sure how to set it up..Thank you > for any advice.. > Claudia > > > ============================== > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > >