hi, try this, 1. go to OE. 2. press alt+t for tools. 3. press "a" for accounts... 4. press tab to "add button" or press alt+a. 5. you will get a list of service that is mail..., news... and directory service... choose mail. 6. follow on screen instructions to finish the process. now you will have 2 account in your OE beside the first 1. actually you can have as many account as you want in OE. i have 9 different account setup in my OE and you also can select which account need to check for new email and which 1 dont need. email me off list if you want more info. i will try my best to guide you. Regards, Allan Wong ----- Original Message ----- From: "Troy Burnham" <tburnham@xxxxxxxxx> To: "jfw" <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 09:53 Subject: adding a new e-mail address to OE Hi All, I'm considering using a different e-mail address, but at least to begin with I'm going to want to leave this address in OE as well until I'm sure that I'm not receiving anymore messages from it and then I will delete it. Do I need to set up the new address as a separate account or as a separate identity? If possible I want to make it where when I check my e-mail both addresses get checked at the same time. Thanks. Troy -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/ Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.com JFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx