Multiple Accounts in Outlook Express 5.0 for Mac

To set up or edit your accounts or to add new ones.
Choose Accounts from the Tools menu.
To edit one highlight it and choose edit. You can choose any to be your default account.

When you choose new you will see one of the next two screens. You can either go through the Account Setup Assistant or configure the account manually. You can get to the other method by clicking the button in the bottom left of either screen.

Either way you do it, this is the information you will be entering. Name the account and fill in the information. If your account service requires a secure connection (SSL) open the advanced options windows in the POP and SMTP sections.
 
 

• Here in the Options Tab you can choose a default signature for each account.
• Additional headers can be added for advanced users.
• You can limit how large a message to receive (handy when using a powerbook on the road).
• Choose whether to leave copies on the server so you can retrieve them from another location.
• Choose when to delete any messages you leave on the server.
• Allow online access lets you read any messages for that account without downloading them. They will be left on the server to be downloaded as usual. The accounts will show up in the folder list. (See below).

This where you access those accounts marked for online access. Click on them here and you can look at your messages without interfering with how they are handled by rules when downloaded to your inbox.