Thanks, Diane. And, thanks DL.

I am using Outlook 2007. I am surprised outlook does not allow switching
without shutting down, or starting up separate instances. I can do this
currently with Eudora. The reason I wanted to move to Outlook was the contact
management and scheduling capabilities built-in. I work out of the house and
get meeting requests. Having such requests entered into an Outlook calendar
is great. But, having to shut down and re-open for each profile really is a
non-starter. I may try Diane's advice, however, though it seems a bit
cumbersome.

Bill

www.changent.com

"Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:

What version of Outlook?

I know what I would do: 1 profile and visibly unique signatures assigned to
each acct. so I could easily tell which account I was using. I'd set a rule
to delay sending by a couple of min so I had time to change the acct, if I
hit send and went 'oops, did I change the acct' - but once you get in the
habit of selecting the acct before addressing the message, it becomes second
nature.

The only way you can have multiple outlook running is with multiple windows
profiles and fast user switching. Otherwise you need to keep opening and
closing outlook to change profiles.


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"wltiii" wrote in message
...
I have not seen anything anywhere (I've googled) that really explains the
the
pros and cons of having multiple profiles vs one with multiple email
accounts. From what I've read, I don't know if either will work well for
me.

I have three email accounts, all of which I need to monitor
simultaneously.
I do not want to have to remember to change my "from" or "reply-to" when I
respond to mails sent to any of those accounts. Nor do I want to have to
change these when I write an email, wanting it to have it come from a
specific address. It does not seem I can have multiple instances of
Outlook
open with alternate profiles. So, what is the best way to achieve what I
want
to do? What are the pros and cons of the various ways of setting it up?