Does Mail offer an Entourage 'Identies' function

Question

I've been a loog time fan of Entourage but feel time has come to convert to Mail which I use at work but not at home. The problem is I have several different 'identities' setup within Entourage and want to retain the privacy of those accounts. I've experimented with Mail but there does not see to be a way around the problem of having all your emails regardless of whatever account visible. I know I can set up different users on my Mac but switching my whole system just to check emails is not an option. Is there a way around this problem even if it meant having 2 versions of Mail with different accounts. Many thanks

Answer 1

Set up your accounts.
When you open Mail if you hold down on the shift key Mail will open without selecting a folder.
No messages will be visible
Beside the Inbox you will see a disclosure triangle.
Click on it and it will reveal your individual inboxes for each account.
Select the "identity" you want to view and only its contents are visible.
Select another account "identity" to view its box and the other identities messages are not visible.
If you sometimes walk away from your desk and security is an issue, go to your System Preferences>Security and put a check in the box to "require password to wake up this computer..."
Then either select "sleep" from the apple menu when leaving your desk or set your energy saver settings or screen saver settings to kick in quickly if you are away.