I set up my email account in windows mail. No problem. My problem is that I
use two different servers for mail and would like to have two different
inboxes. The original email inbox is under local folders which is fine. For
the second server I want a separate inbox. Is it possible to do this and if
so how?


Thank You
Chris

crossposted to the windows.mail newsgroup
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"Chris & Barbara" <newsgroups2********.com> wrote in message
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>I set up my email account in windows mail. No problem. My problem is that I use two
>different servers for mail and would like to have two different inboxes. The
>original email inbox is under local folders which is fine. For the second server I
>want a separate inbox. Is it possible to do this and if so how?
>
>
> Thank You
> Chris
>[/color]

Hi Chris,

No, not with Windows Mail it isn't. What you could do as a workaround is to
set up the second mail account (tools/accounts) and then a filter to move
those emails to a different folder using the mail rules. Tools/Message
Rules/Mail, click new, then 1. "where the message is from the specified
account", 2. "Move it to the specified folder" and
"Stop processing more rules". Then click on the blue specified link and
indicate where you want the messages to go.
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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/[/url]
Windows help - [url]www.rickrogers.org[/url]

"Chris & Barbara" <newsgroups2********.com> wrote in message
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>I set up my email account in windows mail. No problem. My problem is that I
>use two different servers for mail and would like to have two different
>inboxes. The original email inbox is under local folders which is fine.
>For the second server I want a separate inbox. Is it possible to do this
>and if so how?
>
>
> Thank You
> Chris
>[/color]

You may use Microsoft outlook instead, it will give what you are looking
for, or else you may create a new folder in the local folder tree, then use
message rules from the tools menu to redirect incoming mail that is sent to
a certain email to the new folder.


"Chris & Barbara" <newsgroups2********.com> wrote in message
news:0054c15d$0$8175$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...[color=blue]
>I set up my email account in windows mail. No problem. My problem is that I
>use two different servers for mail and would like to have two different
>inboxes. The original email inbox is under local folders which is fine.
>For the second server I want a separate inbox. Is it possible to do this
>and if so how?
>
>
> Thank You
> Chris
>[/color]

You may use Microsoft outlook instead, it will give what you are looking
for.

Else you may create a new folder in the local folder tree, then use
"Message Rules" from the "Tools" menu and choose the "Where the to line
contains people" from step 1, then choose "Move it to the specified folder"
in step 2, Finally in step 3, just click the hyper links to choose the
applicable choices for name and folder.



"Chris & Barbara" <newsgroups2********.com> wrote in message
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>I set up my email account in windows mail. No problem. My problem is that I
>use two different servers for mail and would like to have two different
>inboxes. The original email inbox is under local folders which is fine.
>For the second server I want a separate inbox. Is it possible to do this
>and if so how?
>
>
> Thank You
> Chris
>[/color]

You can have up to 32 email accounts in Windows Mail.
By default, all email from all accounts goes into the same Inbox.
There are four different ways of changing that:

1. Use separate Windows user logins. That gives total privacy, and is
ideal when two different people use the same computer.

2. Use message rules to filter incoming messages into
separate mail folders.

3. Upgrade to Windows Live Mail which has separate folders for each
account, no rules needed: [url]http://download.live.com/wlmail[/url]

4. Purchase an add-on called WMIDs:
[url]http://www.oehelp.com/WMIDs[/url]

--
Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)
[url]http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/profile/vandermolen[/url]


"Peter Foldes" <okf22********.com> wrote in message news:OaWG3RPVKHA.1232@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...[color=blue]
> crossposted to the windows.mail newsgroup
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> Peter
>
> Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others
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>
> "Chris & Barbara" <newsgroups2********.com> wrote in message
> news:0054c15d$0$8175$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com...[color=green]
>>I set up my email account in windows mail. No problem. My problem is that I use two
>>different servers for mail and would like to have two different inboxes. The
>>original email inbox is under local folders which is fine. For the second server I
>>want a separate inbox. Is it possible to do this and if so how?
>>
>>
>> Thank You
>> Chris
>> [/color]
>[/color]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:02:34 -0400, "Rick Rogers" <rick@mvps.org>
wrote:
[color=blue]
>Hi Chris,
>
>No, not with Windows Mail it isn't. What you could do as a workaround is to
>set up the second mail account (tools/accounts) and then a filter to move
>those emails to a different folder using the mail rules. Tools/Message
>Rules/Mail, click new, then 1. "where the message is from the specified
>account", 2. "Move it to the specified folder" and
>"Stop processing more rules". Then click on the blue specified link and
>indicate where you want the messages to go.[/color]

Or install Windows Live Mail, or Thunderbird. Windows Live Mail gives
every account a separate Inbox, Sent, Drafts, etc. No option, that's
the way it works. THunderbird can do it the Windows Mail, or Windows
Live Mail way, configured on a per account basis.