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Set Up and Manage identities in Outlook Express:

Multiple User Settings - The identities feature in Outlook Express allows you to create an 'identity' for each user. Identities allow you to set up an Inbox, personal folders, and e-mail accounts for each user. This feature allows for greater privacy and security because each user can password protect his or her e-mail.

Creating a new identity:

1. In Outlook Express, select identities from the FILE menu

2. Click ADD NEW identity

3. In the TYPE YOUR NAME field, type a name for the identity

4. If you want to set a password for your identity, click the REQUIRE A PASSWORD check box to select it, type and confirm your new password

5. Click OK

6. Click CLOSE

Configure Secondary identities

You must configure the settings for both your primary and all secondary Outlook Express identities for your e-mail to work properly. Configuring your primary identity alone will not cover the appropriate settings for each identity.

To reconfigure or change the setting on secondary identities:

1. Open Outlook Express

2. Click on the FILE menu and then select SWITCH identity

3. Highlight the identity that you would like to configure and click OK

4. Once you have successfully switched identities, follow the instructions you used for Configuring Outlook Express.

5. If you have more than one secondary identity, follow the same procedures for each identity.

Manage identities - Changing the current identity settings:

1. In Outlook Express, select identities from the FILE menu

2. Click MANAGE identities

3. To change your identity name or password, select it and then click PROPERTIES (to change the identity that Outlook Express opens on startup, click the USE THIS identity WHEN STARTING A PROGRAM check box, and select an identity from the drop-down menu, this will now be your primary or main identity)

4. Click CLOSE

Switching from one user identity to another:

1. In Outlook Express, select SWITCH identity from the FILE menu

2. Select the desired identity (enter the password if required)

3. Click OK (the current identity will appear on the gray bar)

Note: If you do not log off of your current identity before you quit Outlook Express, you may not be able to log on using a different identity. To prevent this from occurring, log off of the current identity before you quit Outlook Express.