Change an e-mail account name

An e-mail account name is the name that appears in the list of e-mail accounts you have created. If you use more than one e-mail account, when you create a new message you can click the Accounts button (next to the Send button) to see the list of accounts and choose which to use to send the message.

  1. On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
  2. Select View or change existing e-mail accounts, and then click Next.
  3. In the list, click the e-mail account you want, and then click Change.
  4. Click More Settings, and then type a new name for the account in the box.

    You can name the e-mail account anything you want.