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re: Email Password Tuesday, July 10, 2007 at 8:19 pm Posted by Baa (183 messages posted) As far as I know, you can't password-protect an identity in Windows Mail, as you could in OE. In fact, you only get one identity per Vista user account in Windows Mail. So the only way to keep others out of your Windows Mail is to have them use a separate Vista user account. You can use a different email client, for example, I use Outlook 2000 in Vista. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Email Password Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 5:04 am Posted by JSanders (251 messages posted) Easy. Go to Tools>Accounts and select your email account. Then click the Properties button, then the Sever tab. Uncheck the box next to Remember Password. Now every time you open Windows Mail, you'll be prompted for your Username and Password before it retrieves your email. On Monday, July 9, 2007 at 2:22 pm, Barnum wrote: >In my old outlook Express (XP) I had to sign in and use a password. With Vista the >email just opens when I click on it without any password. I would like my mail to >be private...how do I change this to necessitate a password? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Email Password Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 6:14 am Posted by Baa (183 messages posted) The only problem with entering a password each time, is that everyone can still read all the email already downloaded, just not the new mail on the server. There just isn't any way to password-protect the identity, that I'm aware of. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Email Password Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 6:45 am Posted by JSanders (251 messages posted) Ah yes, I see what you mean. The only solution that I can see for the OP is to make sure his windows account is password protected, and not let anyone else access it. If there are multiple users on the computer, then they should each have their own user account. On Wednesday, July 11, 2007 at 6:14 am, Baa wrote: >The only problem with entering a password each time, is that everyone can still read >all the email already downloaded, just not the new mail on the server. There just >isn't any way to password-protect the identity, that I'm aware of. [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Vista Discussion Forum