Setting up multiple inboxes

[emascelli]

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I would like to have my 2 email addresses directed to 2 separate inboxes as one is work & the other is personal. Is this possible? Is there another option besides creating a separate identity?

 

[Michel Bintener]

If you use a number of different POP accounts, any incoming messages will be
stored in the Inbox folder in the ³On My Computer² section of Entourage¹s
folder list. If you want these messages to go into different folders, i.e.
have one inbox per account, you can instruct Entourage to do this using
rules. First of all, select the local Inbox, ctrl-/right-click it and create
subfolders, one for each inbox you would like to have. When you are done,
create a number of new POP rules that look as follows:

If account is [name of your first POP account]
Then move message to [name of the inbox for the first account]

Save the rule, then repeat this procedure until you have set up one rule for
each POP account. If you want your sent messages to be treated the same way,
create new subfolders and build similar rules; just make sure you are
creating outgoing rules instead of POP rules.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I would like to have my 2 email addresses directed to 2 separate inboxes as
one is work & the other is personal. Is this possible? Is there another option
besides creating a separate identity?

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:mac (Entourage & Word)

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[Ed Kimball]

If you use a number of different POP accounts, any incoming messages will be
stored in the Inbox folder in the ³On My Computer² section of Entourage¹s
folder list. If you want these messages to go into different folders, i.e.
have one inbox per account, you can instruct Entourage to do this using
rules. First of all, select the local Inbox, ctrl-/right-click it and create
subfolders, one for each inbox you would like to have. When you are done,
create a number of new POP rules that look as follows:

If account is [name of your first POP account]
Then move message to [name of the inbox for the first account]

Save the rule, then repeat this procedure until you have set up one rule for
each POP account. If you want your sent messages to be treated the same way,
create new subfolders and build similar rules; just make sure you are
creating outgoing rules instead of POP rules.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I would like to have my 2 email addresses directed to 2 separate inboxes as
one is work & the other is personal. Is this possible? Is there another
option
besides creating a separate identity?

I agree that Michael's solution is the way to go if both accounts must be
POP accounts. If they (or at least one of them) can be IMAP accounts,
however, Entourage will keep the inboxes separate by default and you
wouldn't need to set up any rules.

 

[emascelli]

Thanks for your help!

 

[emascelli]

If you use a number of different POP accounts, any incoming messages will be
stored in the Inbox folder in the �On My Computer� section of Entourage�s
folder list. If you want these messages to go into different folders, i.e.
have one inbox per account, you can instruct Entourage to do this using
rules. First of all, select the local Inbox, ctrl-/right-click it and create
subfolders, one for each inbox you would like to have. When you are done,
create a number of new POP rules that look as follows:

If account is [name of your first POP account]
Then move message to [name of the inbox for the first account]

Save the rule, then repeat this procedure until you have set up one rule for
each POP account. If you want your sent messages to be treated the same way,
create new subfolders and build similar rules; just make sure you are
creating outgoing rules instead of POP rules.

Version: 2008
Operating System: Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Processor: Intel
Email Client: pop

I would like to have my 2 email addresses directed to 2 separate inboxes as
one is work & the other is personal. Is this possible? Is there another
option
besides creating a separate identity?

I agree that Michael's solution is the way to go if both accounts must be
POP accounts. If they (or at least one of them) can be IMAP accounts,
however, Entourage will keep the inboxes separate by default and you
wouldn't need to set up any rules.

Hi Ed,

I decided to go your route & set up an IMAP for my personal acct, yet I am now receiving emails for my work POP acct also in my IMAP account. The commonality between both accounts is the outgoing server is Gmail... Any idea why I am receiving the same email twice?

 

[Diane Ross]

I decided to go your route & set up an IMAP for my personal acct, yet I am now
receiving emails for my work POP acct also in my IMAP account. The commonality
between both accounts is the outgoing server is Gmail... Any idea why I am
receiving the same email twice?

Are you forwarding your work POP account to Gmail? If yes, you need to turn
that off.

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