Microsoft KB Archive/221156

= OLEXP: Log Off When Using Identities in Outlook Express =

Article ID: 221156

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

-

APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook Express 5.01 Service Pack 2

-



This article was previously published under Q221156



For information about the differences between Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook e-mail clients, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

257824 OL2000: Differences Between Outlook and Outlook Express



SYMPTOMS
After you start Outlook Express, log on using an identity, and then quit Outlook Express, the next time you start Outlook Express it may use the same identity.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you quit Outlook Express without logging off.



Outlook Express 5
To work around this behavior, log off before you quit Outlook Express 5:

On the File menu, point to Identities, and then click Logoff  where   is the identity name you used when starting Outlook Express 5.

Outlook Express 5.01
To work around this behavior, log off before you quit Outlook Express 5.01:

On the File menu, click Exit, and then click Logoff  where   is the identity name you used when starting Outlook Express 5.01.



STATUS
This behavior is by design.



MORE INFORMATION
You can create a different identity in Outlook Express for each person who uses the program. For example, you and a family member may share Outlook Express. Each of you can view your own e-mail and your own contacts by creating an identity for yourself.

For additional information about identities, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

209169 How to Create and Use Identities in Outlook Express 5

NOTE: If you quit Outlook Express without logging off, your e-mail folders and e-mail messages can be viewed by other users.

Additional query words: 4.00 5.0 5.00

Keywords: kbui kbprb KB221156

-

[mailto:TECHNET@MICROSOFT.COM Send feedback to Microsoft]

© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.