Mike,
If you use Thunderbird go to the 'OPTIONS' tab. There you can specify the
accounts needed. Then go to the 'ACCOUNT SETTINGS' and under the 'server
settings' uncheck 'Check for new email messages at startup' 'Check for new
messages every..' 'Automatically download new messages'. When Thunderbird
then starts up it will not retrieve any email messages until you click on
the "Get new messages" icon. At that point you will have to specify the
password for each account, if password is unknown no new messages will be
downloaded.
Dan
"mike_XP_Vista" <mikeXPVista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C337D7C7-CB3D-472F-A7CC-9CCAEFC22793@microsoft.com...
Quote:
> Thanks Bob. Let me ask more specifically on one item. Once I create the
> Vista standard kids account, and set parental controls and set up their
> AOL
> email accounts in the email program (not sure what it's called in Vista),
> then they log in and start the email program... what shows up? A sign in
> screen for them to access their email? The reason I ask is because under
> Windows XP I use AOL and it is great but I'd like to get away from the AOL
> software because it seems to really bog down the system while it loads and
> runs all it's stuff. I tried Thunderbird under XP and can access an AOL
> account easily, but there is no sign in option for different email users.
> Once the kids click on Thunderbird, what ever mail I had left in the inbox
> shows up. Anyway, I want to make the kids access very clean and am hoping
> for a way to do this in Vista... they sign into their Vista standard
> account
> and they can only get to the things Parental Controls let them into, AND
> only
> into THEIR email accounts.
>
> Hope that clarifies my concern, and again, thanks for the quick reply.
>
> Mike
>
> "Bob W" wrote:
> Quote:
>> Basically, give them a separate USER ACCOUNT using the CONTROL PANEL and
>> limit the access and password protect the adult accounts. That way, not
>> just the Mail program, but ALL programs (Mail, browser, files, IM's,
>> etc.) are all content filtered. For Parental/content control, I like
>> McAfee's system. If you are having trouble with WinMail in Vista, then
>> you might try Windows Live Mail (free download from MSN/Windows Live).
>> Works real well and lots of features and customizations and a good
>> companion for Windows Life Messenger and SkyDrive.
>> Bob, Still Old, Still Grey, And Still A Woolf
>>
>>
>> No trees were harmed in the sending of this message and a very large
>> number of electrons were asked their permission to be terribly
>> inconvenienced. And a party was thrown for them afterwards for being
>> really cool about it.
>>
>> Bob's Space - Home Page of the Olde Greywoolf
>>
>>
>> "mike_XP_Vista" <mikeXPVista@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:6F1B9C88-16C1-4452-B463-B14EDCA054BA@microsoft.com...
>> I want to set up a standard user account for an adult and one for a
>> child
>> (with parental controls set for the child as well). When the adult
>> opens the
>> email reader in Vista (is that Outlook Express or ??), I would like
>> them to
>> have to sign in to their email account. Same for the child. Is that
>> possilbe in Vista?
>>
>> What I specifically want is for people to have to sign into their email
>> and
>> not see everyone else's email before, or after sign-in (similar to the
>> way
>> AOL makes you sign in with a screen name before you get to your mail,
>> and
>> then it's only your mail).
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
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