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  my service provider lets me have two addresses... with xp and outlook express I could simply switch identities to read both. but with vistas and windows mail, I cannot do this....help, what do I do ? -- Garry M L  

  You can have up to 32 email accounts in Windows Mail. However, Windows Mail does not have identities like Outlook Express did. 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...

  Windows mail does not maintain separate identities. You can have the two mail accounts, but all mail will go into the one Inbox under your sign-in. The only way to separate the mail accounts is to set up two different user logins (for Vista) and assign one mail account to each login. Then you will have to login to Vista as each separate user to see each separate email. "Garry L"...

  (boilerplate reply) You can add multiple accounts, via Tools - Accounts - Add, but Windows Mail doesn't have identities or a password option.... Windows Mail puts email from all accounts into the same Inbox, and there's no setting to change that. When you send a message, you can select which account to send from, by clicking on the From: box. Here are a few alternatives to keep your email separate... 1. Create folders for...