Q: Is there a way to download email from two different
ISP’s using Outlook Express?
A: You can set up several different accounts in Outlook
Express and filter your email so that each account arrives in it’s own folder.
1)
Go to Tools, Accounts.
2)
Click on the Add button and select Mail.
3)
Follow the steps in the Internet Connection Wizard windows
to set up your new account.
4)
Remember that you outgoing server will stay the same, but
you will change your email server information.
5)
You can set one account as a default of you wish by
selecting the account from the list and clicking the Set As Default button.
6)
When you want to download your email, choose Tools, Send and
Receive.
7)
You will see an option to choose All Accounts or you can
choose individual accounts.
If you download all accounts at once, they will all arrive
in your Inbox. If you wish to separate
your messages, you can set up filters so the messages arrive in different
folders, to do this, follow these steps:
1)
Go to File, Folder, New Folder.
2)
Name the folder for one of your accounts.
3)
Go to Tools, Inbox Assistant.
4)
Click Add.
5)
You will see a variety of ways to filter your mail. For multiple accounts, the easiest way to
filter your mail using the To: field.
6)
Enter your email address in the To: field.
7)
Below you will see different actions that Outlook Express
can take. Check the box next to the
Move field. Then choose Folder and
select the folder you just created.
8)
Choose OK. You will
see the action you just created in the description field with a checkmark. You can check and uncheck this box when you
want to turn this action off or on.
9)
Try downloading All Accounts Provided that you had messages
in each account, you should see the new account filter into the new
folder. The other emails should appear
in your inbox.