Set incoming mail for different Mac accounts using Entourage

[Scubie]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
Processor: intel
Email Client: pop

I am trying to set up email in Entourage so that two different Mac users (with separate logins) can receive mail for a specified mail address. I have a basic POP mail account with a slave email identity that runs off the same mail account. I can channel the emails for the two different mail addresses into 2 different folders within the same Mac login account but I can't work out how to channel them into the different Mac login accounts. It seems whichever Mac account is logged in simply sucks down whatever new mail is available on the server. Net result is the second user logs into the computer and all their recent mail is sitting within Entourage on the other Mac account which cannot be accessed. Can I script something in Entourage to leave any mail that is "to" the non-relevant address on the server for each Mac user so it is there to be sucked down when the relevant user logs in? Or is there an easier way to do this?

 

[William Smith]

I am trying to set up email in Entourage so that two different Mac
users (with separate logins) can receive mail for a specified mail
address. I have a basic POP mail account with a slave email identity
that runs off the same mail account. I can channel the emails for the
two different mail addresses into 2 different folders within the same
Mac login account but I can't work out how to channel them into the
different Mac login accounts. It seems whichever Mac account is
logged in simply sucks down whatever new mail is available on the
server. Net result is the second user logs into the computer and all
their recent mail is sitting within Entourage on the other Mac
account which cannot be accessed. Can I script something in Entourage
to leave any mail that is "to" the non-relevant address on the server
for each Mac user so it is there to be sucked down when the relevant
user logs in? Or is there an easier way to do this?

I suggest converting your POP account to an IMAP account. The nature of
POP is to download and delete. The nature of IMAP is to synchronize with
the server.

With IMAP, folders you create and messages that you move will be
reflected on all other computers connecting to the same account.

Hope this helps!

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bill

William M. Smith, Microsoft Interop MVP - Mac/Windows
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