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by nettek

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XP Home and E-mail
I am having a problem with XP User Accounts and accessing e-mail, and I cannot for the life of me figure out the solution. I do not feel too stupid, however, because I know of two other people who are having the same problem.

Scenario:
Two seperate user accounts in XP Home Edition (User A and User B). This is nice because each user can have their own desktop settings, office 2000 settings, and frequently-used programs. Have only a single ISP, email address, contacts, etc., that need to be shared by both users via Outlook Express 6.

Problem:
Cannot configure OE6 under each user account to share the same information store. When OE6 is set up under User A with POP3, SMTP, and dial-up number, the configuration is not present under User B. I can set up User B with the same configuration. However, each user will only be able to see the email that they downloaded from the ISP. Additionally, if a contact is added by User A, User B will not be able to see that contact.

How the heck to I set up OE to look at the same information store for both users?

Micro$oft will only provide paid support(greedy bastards), even though XP is their operating system. They claim that because it is an OEM install, I must go to the OEM. Dell (the OEM) says to use OE6 Identities, but that is not the answer. Identities allow different OE users under the same XP account. I want the same OE user under different XP accounts.

I thank you in advance for any help you can give.

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by mfischer

Outlook Express is not a multi-user app. Dell is correct, you will need to use multiple identies for each user. However, you did mention that Office 2k has been installed. Outlook 2000 IS multi-user, and does support pop3. The difference is thatOutlook uses a profile that links to the logged in user, and Outlook express does not.

by nettek

You are partially incorrect in your statement that OE does not use a profile that is linked to a logged-in user. As I said in my question, OE settings are distinct for each logged in user under XP. You are correct in saying that I could configure OL2000 to do what I want to do. However, I am trying to resolve this issue not only for myself, but for others who use OE6 that do not have OL2000. Thanks anyway.

by dklippert

Here are a couple of locations for you to check out:

www.tomsterdam.com/insideOE/backup/bu_full.htm

(Scroll down to "Dual Booting")

It is suggested that you should be able to duplicate the registry keys:

http://chattanooga.net/~scochran/backup.htm

www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_oe.htm#xp_oe_share

(There ar no spaces in the URL)

www.slipstick.com/outlook/olshare1.htm

www.slipstick.com/outlook/share.htm

by nettek

Had to change registry settings AND set both users to the same folder (see below). Thanks for the help.

by dcosgrove

You may be able to change the store folder. Go to tool/options/maitainance and see if you can set them both to the same folder. This might cause trouble with seperate user accounts, I have never tried it like that. If thayt doesn't work, you can go to tools/accounts choose the mail account in question click properties go to the advanced tab and set it to leave copy on server or remove after 2 or 3 days, whatever works best. The only draw back to this setup is that you will get the message back after you delete it untill it is removed from the server.

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