2 email accounts open at the same time?

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  1. DavidNW

    DavidNW Big Geek

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    Hi, all.

    Here's a copy and paste from a friend of mine. Any solutions please!

    "If you know how to open 2 mail windows for the same provider, I'd be very grateful. I have 2 different Yahoo email accounts, but it only recognises one at a time, which is a bit of a problem, as I'm always doing several things at once"

    David
     
  2. thomas234

    thomas234 Big Geek

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    Well one idea would be to use a software package such as Outlook. Yahoo! Mail can only be redirected into that though when paid for, so I would recommend he uses something like gmail, which is totally free.
     
  3. Ferg

    Ferg Manbearpig

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    or use firefox/opera/IE seperately, ie.

    window 1 =firefox -hotmail account 1
    window 2 =opera - hotmail account 2
     
  4. thomas234

    thomas234 Big Geek

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    Oh I misread the question, I thought he was trying to do more than one thing at a time with the same account! My method would still work, but I don't think it's necessary.

    As ferg suggested, try using different browsers.
     
  5. Ferg

    Ferg Manbearpig

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    May actually be able to use different versions of the same browser, eg. firefox 3 beta and firefox 2, (if you install to different folders) - may work, untested however.
     
  6. Anti-Trend

    Anti-Trend Nonconformist Geek

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    I use Thunderbird to handle about 10 email accounts simultaneously. (I'm not sure if Yahoo allows free users to use POP or IMAP, but gmail does!)
     
  7. Ferg

    Ferg Manbearpig

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    You can with the webmail extension, I have a free hotmail in my thunderbird using this

    WebMail
     
  8. Ashton

    Ashton Geek Trainee

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    my favourite is windows live mail desktop, it should run all the standard email protocols, and It runs all my emails (like 5) at the same time, and I can drag emails into other accounts folders
     
  9. Frank Michael 12

    Frank Michael 12 Geek Trainee

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