New Identities

[Marc Lambert]

Title: New Identities

Thanks a lot Allen. I was concerned this approach might overload my system with a single large email and addressbook that would cause other problems. But this does sound like a good way to go. Thanks.

From: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 12:42:45 -0700
To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Entourage-Talk Digest - 09/11/02

From: Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 08:00:22 -0700
Subject: Re: New Identities

If it were me,  I would not even bother with separate identities, since
switching identities is a manual operation, and you would have to switch in
order to check mail in the alternate account. What I would do is simply set
up separate _accounts_ for the old and new email addresses, and then set up
a rule for the old address (any recipient contains [EMAIL PROTECTED])
that moves all such mail to a special folder. Moving it into a separate
folder will keep the old mail separate from the new.

This way, whenever you do "Send & Receive All" the old account will get
checked. You'll see mail coming in to the old address as soon as it arrives,
without having to remember to switch identities and check the old account.
Furthermore, you won't have to change anything with your Palm sync.

As for contact info, you could easily separate those by assigning a category
of "Old Job" to all contacts strictly related to the old job. Then, when the
old job finally disappears entirely, you could select by that category and
delete them all (assuming that's what you want to do).

On or near 9/10/02 1:33 PM, Marc Lambert at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed:

> If I am changing jobs but, on occasion, may still need to refer to old email
> and addresses, what is the best means for maintaining separate email
> systems? I assume I could create an additional identity with a new ISP login
> and import certain email addresses from the old ID to the new one. But if in
> the near future, I will not likely need to refer to email in the first ID,
> then would it make more sense to keep the two systems more separated than as
> two identities in the same Erage program? Are there any drawbacks to having
> two IDs under the same roof so to speak (e.g. processing speed and data
> backup time)? I have Erage 2001 on 9.2.2 iMac.
>
> Also, what are the ramifications for synchronizing with my Palm m515? If I
> go with two IDs, should I rename my current Erage (and Palm) ID name from
> “Marc” to “Jim”, and then create the second ID as “Marc” in order to synch
> with the “new” ID successfully? Any known issues or warnings? I hope I’m
> describing this clearly enough as I need to make certain the switch-over
> works from the start. Thanks for any help!