E-mail for beginners

[andy hughes]

I have Broadband and Microsoft Outlook for my e-mail. I want to add two new mailboxes for my wife and daughter. BT can only do this by using the updated Outlook Express 6 which I don't like, and is cumbersome to switch boxes with. Can anyone recomend an easy provider who will give me two new mailboxes that are compatable, and simple to use for my wife and daughter, either of who are especially PC-friendly. Thanks.

[Cetti]

andy - have you thought about having webmail if it's just for straightforward, no frills e-mail ? Husband and son aren't into coloured fonts pretty stationery or smilies, so we've all got elvis.com addresses. Before you go into hysterics laughing it's probably one of the easiest as well as safest sites around - and junk mail is banned. Worth a look anyway.

[Cetti]

The free e-mail (as many as you want) is on the left hand side at the bottom of this page.

http://www.elvis.com/default.asp

[jamesmwhelan]

My understanding was that you can have multiple a/c's under the primary account with telecom. If this is still the case, create the a/c's for your wife and daughter and as long as you use Outlook XP or 2003, which provides POP3 access then you should be able to set Outlook up with different profiles the three of you...

[andy hughes]

Thanks cetti - you're a star! James - I did try for multipe addresses with my BT connection, but they insisyted I had to use Outlook 6 and I don't like it, so no go, but thanks for your response.

[koster]

It's nonsense that multiple BT email addresses wouldn't work with Microsoft Outlook.

The people on the BT helpline simply meant that they would only help you/explain how to do it if you were using Microsoft Outlook Express.

There are so many different email programs available that you can't expect a service provider's helpdesk to give an explanation for each and every one of them. Mind you, Microsoft Outlook is extremely common, so they could provide help with that.

It's a bit like a garage/petrol station who will happily sell petrol to anyone, but will only provide advoice on fuel consumption if you have a Fiat. There's nothing wrong with using their petrol in your Volkswagen, it's just that they can't give you any information on its fuel system.