Creating Multiple E-mail Accounts with Outlook Express

Outlook Express provides the capability for multiple e-mail accounts to be used
and keeps any messages and contacts for each account separated. In other words,
each member of your family can have their own account set up in Outlook
Express, and configured so they can’t see one another’s e-mail or contacts.To
configure Outlook Express in this way, you would set up a different identity for
each e-mail account.
Before setting up any identities in Outlook Express, you should obtain the
following information from your ISP:
■ E-mail address of the new account (such as.
username@domainname.com)
■ Names of the mail servers used for incoming and outgoing mail
■ Account name and password for the e-mail account
Without this information, you might have difficulty setting up a new identity in
Outlook Express.To save yourself from experiencing problems, ensure that you
have this information handy.

Identities can be set up in Outlook Express by clicking the File menu, selecting
Identities, and then clicking the menu item labeled Add New Identity. Upon
clicking this menu item, a screen will appear, asking you to enter the name for the
identity.To prevent others from viewing the e-mail and Address Book contacts of
this new identity, ensure the checkbox labeled Require a password is checked.
You then enter a password for the identity, which anyone attempting to access this
account will need to enter. Upon clicking OK, you’ll be asked if you want to log
on as the new user. If you choose Yes, then you will be prompted for information
about the new e-mail account. If you choose No, you’ll still be able to configure
the account the first time this identity is used.The Internet Connection Wizard is
invoked the first time a new identity is used, requesting information to set up a
new e-mail account, as shown in the following steps:
1. The first screen prompts you to enter the name of the person who will
use the account.The name entered is what will appear in the From field
in an outgoing message. Click Next.
2. Enter the e-mail address to be used for the account. Click Next.
3. On the screen that appears next, enter the name of the mail server used
by your ISP for incoming mail. Below this, enter the name of the mail
server used by your ISP for outgoing mail. Click Next.
4. Enter the username and password for the e-mail account.To require the
user to enter his or her password each time this account checks for new
e-mail, ensure the checkbox labeled Remember password is clear.
Otherwise, check the checkbox to allow e-mail to be downloaded from
the server, and new e-mail to be sent without having to enter a password.
Click Next.
5. Click Finish to complete the setup of your account

Hidden Data about You
User accounts might contain varying degrees of information about a user.
Some accounts, such as those on networks, provide the ability to put personal
information including addresses, phone numbers, Social Security
Numbers, or other data that can be useful to identity thieves. Most systems,
like Windows 2000, provide the ability to control who can view the
information and generally restrict access to members of an Administrator
group. For this reason, you should limit who has Administrator access.
Routinely granting high-level access to users of a computer or network can
have the same effect as having no security at all.