Thanks so much, Joan. With your good help, my friend has sorted it out now, and is using her new screen name and her new mailbox. <g> Grace in Georgia, USA ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 09, 2005 4:00 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Adding mailbox to AOL > > In a message dated 8/9/2005 3:11:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, > Grace@eufaula.rr.com writes: > > Hello Listers. My friend has AOL. She thought she set up a second > mailbox > in her own name, on her husband's account. Up to this time, they both used > his mailbox. She can't send or receive mail through her own mailbox. > Below > is what she said. Might there be someone out there who can help her? > Believe me, we both will be VERY grateful if you can. Thanks in advance, > Grace in Georgia, USA > > > > You didn't say which version of AOL your friend is using...but I'll assume > she is using some version of AOL 9.0 the most recent version. Her husband > has > the master account and she has successfully created a second SCREEN NAME > of > her own. Let's say for example that her husband's screen name is JOE and > she > is SALLY (just as an example). She can sign onto AOL under his screen > name > is she likes which would be using his password and the mailbox should have > mail addressed to HIS screen name of JOE in it but not mail for SALLY. > So, > next she can click on the SIGN OFF link in the top tool bar and she should > see > TWO OPTIONS--one to sign off and the other to switch to her SALLY screen > name. > She should click on that link and then use her own password to sign on. > If > she then opens the mailbox for that screen name any mail sent to her > should > be there. > > If she is using an earlier version of AOL she might want to address this > question to the AOLers-RootsWeb-L@rootsweb.com mailing list. > > Joan > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, click here and send: > mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: > mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >