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From: MikeS 
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Subject: Re: Outlook express 6 - How to un-set the "default account" ?
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 20:23:55 +0000
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On 17/11/2017 12:13, R.Wieser wrote:
> Mike,
> 
>> Perhaps set up a new separate OE6 database
> 
> I was not aware of that being possible.  Could you give me some info (link?)
> on how you do that ?
> 
> You see, I was already thinking of, when my problem persists, if using
> seperate email programs would be an acceptable solution to me.   And yes, it
> would be. :-)
> 
> So, two flies in a single squat:  Use it to test what happens on a clean
> setup, and if that does not change anything having an acceptable
> work-around.
> 
> Currently I've hacked a solution together by copying all the account data
> from the first to a new one, and than killing as much as I could from the
> first one (it now points to localhost).  Not really a beauty, but it will
> stop me from inadvertedly sending a message from the wrong account -- I have
> to select a life one, or get an "can't send" error when I forget.
> 
> -- Hold the presses:  I just realized that you might mean to set up a
> different identity (which, I presume, automatically gets its own database).
> Is that it ?
> 
> Regards,
> Rudy Wieser
> 
> 
Sorry, you almost reached the limit of my knowledge but I can tell you 
that multiple pop3 accounts use the same database whereas each imap 
account gets its own database.
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