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313586	2005-01-13 08:08:00	Any decent ISP (I think this includes Xtra, so add "and some others ;)") will give you a few free aliases. Just talk to them and get something else @xtra.co.nz George. We do have alias's but would this solve our problem? Being. Whichever computer/outlook express is opened, it should only download the E-mails of the appropriate Alias. PJ	Poppa John (284)
313587	2005-01-13 08:08:00	You have it as well Merlin. Your solution will do the job I think. Having said that I thought Xtra will supply a "child" account for a lot less than a full account rather than an "alias" OTOH. What will it cost to buy Office if it isn't already on the computers in question? Please note that I am trying to give the original poster some ideas and not dumping on you.	Elephant (599)
313588	2005-01-13 08:09:00	Safari & Elephant. I think between you , you have a grasp of the problem. Even if the acc was "Poppa @ " & we had individual 'Alias" names, I THINK that whichever computerwas booted first & OE opened, then THAT computer would collect ALL the E-mails. Is that correct? Two seperate Xtra accounts , paid, is out of the question. PJ Thats corrrect, you will have one main email address and one alias. The alias is not a proper email address, to get mail addressed to your alias you have to login to the mail server with the same account name and password as the main email address and you get both at the same time so there is no way to keep them separate. Only Xtra do this, other ISP's give additional email addresses with their own account name and password which are not aliases. All Xtra's Internet access plans come with an email Account at no additional cost. If you'd like an additional email account, it costs $2.81 including GST per month.	Safari (3993)
313589	2005-01-13 08:17:00	George. We do have alias's but would this solve our problem? Being. Whichever computer/outlook express is opened, it should only download the E-mails of the appropriate Alias. PJ I used Xtra for some years and I had a POP3 Email address. My wife also wanted an Email address so I got an alias for no extra money. Both Emails came to this computer as we only have one connected to the net. Your situation is different. Another way of thinking about this is for you both to use WebMail via the ISP. Let's not even think about synchronising Emails using Outlook express if we don't have to. Goes off to check the latest terms and conditions from an Xtra broadband connection.........	Elephant (599)
313590	2005-01-13 08:20:00	You ask for the impossible. Your Xtra account has only one pop account. Unless you wish to purchase another pop account with another distinctive email account, you whistle Dixie. The only - relatively cheap and easy - option is to transfer to Outlook. The version that comes with MS Office. Import the address book and the emails into Outlook from Outlook Express. Share the folder containing the relevant pab and pst files. On the second machine delete the local pst and pab files, start Outlook and map to the shared folder. Set up message rules to separate incoming emails. The only proviso is that the machine with the shared folder has to be on for the second machine to access the Outlook files. Logic Outlook Express does not support locating the message store and address book on a share, thought you may wish to try a mapped drive. Others may suggest changing email browsers or providers - the results will be unsatisfying. If you tell the truth you don't have to remember anything - Mark Twain Hello Merlin, old Wizard. Haven't seen you for ages. Have you been up in the Glass cave in the welsh mountains, Hibernating. How are you? Para No 1 I thought this might be the case. Para No 2 We do have Office 2003, but as yet I do not follow what you aer saying. Will investigate. What is pst & pab? Para No 3. Yes this may be a problem, although each computer can access the network thro the router, individually. Para No 4 You have lost me with "Mapping" Para No 5. I do have an Orcon "Free account" little used, that I am in the process of re-activating. Good to know you are still with us. PJ :)	Poppa John (284)
313591	2005-01-13 08:24:00	I used Xtra for some years and I had a POP3 Email address. My wife also wanted an Email address so I got an alias for no extra money. Both Emails came to this computer as we only have one connected to the net. Your situation is different. Another way of thinking about this is for you both to use WebMail via the ISP. Let's not even think about synchronising Emails using Outlook express if we don't have to. Goes off to check the latest terms and conditions from an Xtra broadband connection......... His situation is not really any different to yours, the fact is it is not possible to download alias email without getting mail addressed to the main accouint as well. I fail to see how using webmail would make any difference.	Safari (3993)
313592	2005-01-13 08:28:00	I used Xtra for some years and I had a POP3 Email address. My wife also wanted an Email address so I got an alias for no extra money. Both Emails came to this computer as we only have one connected to the net. Your situation is different. Another way of thinking about this is for you both to use WebMail via the ISP. Let's not even think about synchronising Emails using Outlook express if we don't have to. Goes off to check the latest terms and conditions from an Xtra broadband connection......... Elephant, could you please further explain the Webmail via the ISP" comment. PJ	Poppa John (284)
313593	2005-01-13 08:40:00	At the moment when the mail is downloaded with one computer, are you still able to access the same messages on the other computer. If not if might help if you set both OE to leave mail on server for a few days. At least that way you will both be able to see all messages on both computers which might be acceptable for you. To do this go to Tools/Accounts Click on the Mail Tab Select Properties and then Advanced at the top. Select the box "leave mail on server" and then select the number of days you want to keep it there. Do this for both computers in each OE When you download the mail with one computer, you will then be able to get the same messages again when you download mail with the other computyer	Safari (3993)
313594	2005-01-13 08:55:00	At the moment when the mail is downloaded with one computer, are you still able to access the same messages on the other computer. If not if might help if you set both OE to leave mail on server for a few days. At least that way you will both be able to see all messages on both computers which might be acceptable for you. To do this go to Tools/Accounts Click on the Mail Tab Select Properties and then Advanced at the top. Select the box "leave mail on server" and then select the number of days you want to keep it there. Do this for both computers in each OE When you download the mail with one computer, you will then be able to get the same messages again when you download mail with the other computyer Once the mails are downloaded onto "A" computer, they stay on that one & Xtra's mailbox is empty. Re the Server idea. Now that sounds very possible for us, yes? I will give it a go tomorrow, when I am fresh. Thanks for that tip.	Poppa John (284)
313595	2005-01-13 08:58:00	Merlin ... WE DO have Office Professional 2003. I did a search for Outlook & found it. Will study it for the next couple of days. Are you inferring that this, Outlook 2003, would seperate our individual incoming mail? PJ	Poppa John (284)
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