> I build computers as a side line, and I usually install Windows 98. Have > you tried setting Windows up in an easy-to-use form which allows a > family to have an email address each from the same ISP and only > see/download their own emails, making sure the correct address is shown > in the 'from' header? Outlook allows the use of 'accounts' but it is > still a nightmare to set up. If any user downloads mail it ends up in > the Inbox (or other folder) visible to the user who instigated the > download. Maybe I have not understood correctly the complexities of > setting up Outlook . . . .
I know this is off topic but... In Outlook can be made to do things properly - in a multi-profiled system, you have to alter the location of the local mail folders in every profile to point to the same place. Then, it doesn't matter who downloads the mail, so long as you have the same filters under each profile then the mail will be sorted appropriately. However, this does mean that everyone has access to everyone's mail which is not always desirable. Back to Linux... If (to the person who started this thread) does not want to mix his personal and professional emails then he should have two accounts on his Linux machine. Then, as the mail comes in and is handed over to the MTA, the MTA should distribute the mail correctly to the correct account and hence the correct mail box. This would also have the possible advantage of preventing the mixing up of professional and personal work files, as the user would have a separate account for each instant. If you then also modify the group ids for the mail boxes, and assign that group id to your two accounts, then you /should/ be able to persuade a mail client to read mail under both accounts, possibly at the same time (you'd obviously have to specify the location of the mail box manually). I hope this helps. Matthew
