lets see if I can explain better, she uses a laptop, he has his own pc. he set up her account through our local cable company. shes a newbie in every sense of the word....so I help her. She does not want him reading or changing anything on her laptop its confusing to her...thus she asked about a password. I told her I could password windows and he cant access anything she thought he would get really mad, so the next option was her mail. they have a strange marriage to say the least.she needs the laptop to have contact with her son who is in Iraq for the third time.she is home bound with a rare illness.....her laptop is her connection to everyone else. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 11:53 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express I'm lost. I thought you had different users on ONE computer sharing outlook express. If they each have their own computer and their own email address (which requires a password to receive mail or to view it online) why do they need to password outlook express when they can password their Windows log-on and protect ALL of their data instead of just email? Apparently there is a privacy or security breach somewhere that you want to patch. In order to best answer your question I need to understand what that breach is. To answer your original question... yes, OE can be password protected. I described how in an earlier message. Email accounts on the email server are also password protected. Most people have OE remember that password, but it can be set to require input every time you check your mail as described by Cristy in an earlier message. The email server may also require a password to SEND mail. Neither server password offers any protection to the email once it is downloaded to your computer. Son can not download daughter's email to his computer without the server password for her account. Likewise, Daughter can not download son's email to her computer without his email account password. If Mom or anyone else has an Admisitrator account on both computers, she can do anything she wants to on both of them. If the Administrator account is not password protected ANYBODY can do anything they want on them. If both son and daughter have user accounts on both computers and either or both were given the wrong administrator privileges you may have a nightmare waiting for the first person to fall asleep... especially if either or both are teenagers. If they share the same master internet account and do so through a home network, you should check your file sharing access to be sure they can not access each others message store across the network. Don ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia" <rhekay@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express > you mean once the mail is downloaded anyone can read it? > He has his own pc she has a laptop...the have different email addresses > but use the same ISP, which is cable. > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Don > Date: 12/07/05 22:08:59 > To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express > > That will stop anyone else from checking your mail, but not from reading > it > once it is downloaded since it still goes into the same inbox. > > If it is privacy you are looking for, create identities for each email > user > on your computer and create an account in each identity to check mail. An > identity can be password protected, so mail can not be read or sent or > received without the password. The address book is shared but appears to > respect identities so it may be protected also. I don't know for sure > since > I have never tried to do it. I would test it before I put any secret > contacts in your address book. > > I have low confidence in Identities providing anything other than > establishing minimum lines of privacy that other users will respect. If > you > want a little stronger privacy, set up a password protected user in > Windows > and make sure nobody else has administrator privileges. > > Don > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:38 PM > Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: outlook express > > >> You mean so no one else can read your email? >> yes, there is. >> >> I go under tools in OE, accounts, click on mail, then I click on my email >> address account to highlight it, then on properties, then on servers, and >> you can uncheck where it says save password, that way it will ask you for >> one before you can check your email. >> christy >> >> cia, >> cristy >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Patricia" <rhekay@xxxxxxxxxx> >> To: "PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:31 PM >> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- outlook express >> >> >>> Is there any way to password protect Outlook Express? >>> Pat >>> -- >>> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >>> >>> To unsub or change your email settings: >>> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >>> >>> To access our Archives: >>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >>> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> <Please delete this line and everything below.> >> >> To unsub or change your email settings: >> //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk >> >> To access our Archives: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >> //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ >> >> > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > > > -- > <Please delete this line and everything below.> > > To unsub or change your email settings: > //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > > To access our Archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ > //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > > -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/