OE Account Order

I would like to know how to change the order that Outlook Express 6 checks the six mail accounts I need to check. MSKB says that they are checked in alphabetic order of the friendly name, but I renamed my accounts with a letter in front as follows:
a. mail.bigpond
b. mail.bigpond 2
c. pop.yahoo
d. jfs_moose
e. mail.myplace

but they get checked in the following order:
d, e, c, a, b

I also tried to put numbers in front of the name to get them in the order I want but that didnt work either. How can I get them in the order I want (as the first mail boxes have lots of mail and I want to start checking them as soon as I can) Please help.