I have 2 ID'S in outlet express. Main Id & one I use for business. All of a
sudden last night when I went to "file"& switch ID'S the little box opens &
lo & behold I now have 2 main ID"S ( one on top of the other ) + my business
one .. Any ideas where the second Main ID came from & how to I get back to
just one without messing something up? Thanks Gimpy..

Determine which one you are using, and delete the other. Or better yet,
identities can become corrupt, especially the main identity. I would create
yet another identity and import the messages from the main identity and
delete both of them.

Make sure you have your Address Book and anything else needed in the new ID
before you delete the old one(s).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gimpy" wrote in message
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I have 2 ID'S in outlet express. Main Id & one I use for business. All of a
sudden last night when I went to "file"& switch ID'S the little box opens &
lo & behold I now have 2 main ID"S ( one on top of the other ) + my
business one .. Any ideas where the second Main ID came from & how to I get
back to just one without messing something up? Thanks Gimpy..

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Determine which one you are using, and delete the other. Or better yet,
identities can become corrupt, especially the main identity. I would
create yet another identity and import the messages from the main identity
and delete both of them.

Make sure you have your Address Book and anything else needed in the new
ID before you delete the old one(s).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gimpy" wrote in message
...
I have 2 ID'S in outlet express. Main Id & one I use for business. All of
a sudden last night when I went to "file"& switch ID'S the little box
opens & lo & behold I now have 2 main ID"S ( one on top of the other ) +
my business one .. Any ideas where the second Main ID came from & how to I
get back to just one without messing something up? Thanks Gimpy..

Thanks Bruce. but 2 questions. #1 how do I determine which one I'm using
or is the active one & #2 I have quite a few newsgroups I sub. to, so how
can import that list to a new ID? Address book & messages I
understand...... Thanks Gimpy.

"Gimpy" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Determine which one you are using, and delete the other. Or better yet,
identities can become corrupt, especially the main identity. I would
create yet another identity and import the messages from the main
identity and delete both of them.

Make sure you have your Address Book and anything else needed in the new
ID before you delete the old one(s).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gimpy" wrote in message
...
I have 2 ID'S in outlet express. Main Id & one I use for business. All of
a sudden last night when I went to "file"& switch ID'S the little box
opens & lo & behold I now have 2 main ID"S ( one on top of the other ) +
my business one .. Any ideas where the second Main ID came from & how to
I get back to just one without messing something up? Thanks Gimpy..

Thanks Bruce. but 2 questions. #1 how do I determine which one I'm using
or is the active one & #2 I have quite a few newsgroups I sub. to, so
how can import that list to a new ID? Address book & messages I
understand...... Thanks Gimpy.




If you open the main identities one at a time, only one is going to have all
your user created folders and newsgroups, making the other main identity the
one you don't want.

Newsgroups themselves don't export/import. What you need to do it go to
Tools | Accounts News. Highlight each news server and export the settings to
anyplace on your HDD. My Documents is fine. In the new identity, go to Tools
| Accounts | News and Import the settings.

The servers will be listed in the folder tree, but you will have to
resubscribe to the particular newsgroups.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
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"Gimpy" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Determine which one you are using, and delete the other. Or better yet,
identities can become corrupt, especially the main identity. I would
create yet another identity and import the messages from the main
identity and delete both of them.

Make sure you have your Address Book and anything else needed in the new
ID before you delete the old one(s).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gimpy" wrote in message
...
I have 2 ID'S in outlet express. Main Id & one I use for business. All
of a sudden last night when I went to "file"& switch ID'S the little box
opens & lo & behold I now have 2 main ID"S ( one on top of the other ) +
my business one .. Any ideas where the second Main ID came from & how to
I get back to just one without messing something up? Thanks Gimpy..

Thanks Bruce. but 2 questions. #1 how do I determine which one I'm
using or is the active one & #2 I have quite a few newsgroups I sub.
to, so how can import that list to a new ID? Address book & messages I
understand...... Thanks Gimpy.




If you open the main identities one at a time, only one is going to have
all your user created folders and newsgroups, making the other main
identity the one you don't want.

Newsgroups themselves don't export/import. What you need to do it go to
Tools | Accounts News. Highlight each news server and export the settings
to anyplace on your HDD. My Documents is fine. In the new identity, go to
Tools | Accounts | News and Import the settings.

The servers will be listed in the folder tree, but you will have to
resubscribe to the particular newsgroups.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
Ok understand export groups, how ever when I click on either "main ID "
their both active ? & both have all folders listed ? Be best to export all
my groups to HDD & then delete both accts & start over? Thanks Gimpy

"Gimpy" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
"Gimpy" wrote in message
...

"Bruce Hagen" wrote in message
...
Determine which one you are using, and delete the other. Or better yet,
identities can become corrupt, especially the main identity. I would
create yet another identity and import the messages from the main
identity and delete both of them.

Make sure you have your Address Book and anything else needed in the
new ID before you delete the old one(s).
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Gimpy" wrote in message
...
I have 2 ID'S in outlet express. Main Id & one I use for business. All
of a sudden last night when I went to "file"& switch ID'S the little
box opens & lo & behold I now have 2 main ID"S ( one on top of the
other ) + my business one .. Any ideas where the second Main ID came
from & how to I get back to just one without messing something up?
Thanks Gimpy..

Thanks Bruce. but 2 questions. #1 how do I determine which one I'm
using or is the active one & #2 I have quite a few newsgroups I sub.
to, so how can import that list to a new ID? Address book & messages I
understand...... Thanks Gimpy.




If you open the main identities one at a time, only one is going to have
all your user created folders and newsgroups, making the other main
identity the one you don't want.

Newsgroups themselves don't export/import. What you need to do it go to
Tools | Accounts News. Highlight each news server and export the settings
to anyplace on your HDD. My Documents is fine. In the new identity, go to
Tools | Accounts | News and Import the settings.

The servers will be listed in the folder tree, but you will have to
resubscribe to the particular newsgroups.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~
Ok understand export groups, how ever when I click on either "main ID "
their both active ? & both have all folders listed ? Be best to export
all my groups to HDD & then delete both accts & start over? Thanks Gimpy


Create the new identity first. Get your messages etc., to it first. Make
sure you have *everything* you need from the main identities and that the
new ID is working fine. Now you can delete both main identities leaving you
with two, neither that is named Main.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~