> Hi Danny
>
> I'm using windows 2000
>
> I want to stop other uses on the same computer from scanning some email
> files stored on my hard drive.
>
> Ideally the email program will handle multiple mail boxes and sort mail
> into different mail stores with some mail boxes secured against
> unauthorized reading.
>


I'm assuming you haven't got Exchange running, but it'd work anyway.

Open Outlook, hit File / New / Outlook Data File.

This creates a new .PST file, so call it PicList or Sales or whatever. 
Select another folder if you don't like the default (ie a USB drive like
someone else suggested)

It lets you set a password, and whether you want the file to be encrypted.
 In your case yes to both would be good  :-)

You'll see it show up next to your usual Inbox.  Add folders, etc.  Then
set up the rules to move mail to the new folders.  The Organise function
has about a billion options, go wild.

Now when you open Outlook, it asks you for the password.  No password, no
lookee at mail.  Could get annoying if you have a few of them.

A file can be 2Gig in size, at which point it implodes, so multiple .PSTs
can be a good idea.  The archive function Outlook annoys you with is just
another PST.  One downside is that to find stuff you need to search in
each PST one by one, unless that's been fixed recently.

Tony

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