Part 1:Synchronization of your password
The lab workstations are now part of the Wilkes domain. This means that
students can login at the workstations with their email account name
and
password. Why this is significant is they then have access to a personal
file share ( the drive letter H: ) where they can save files. To utilize
this option,
you must initially synchronize your password using the following
link
before they can login under the domain.
Following are four links that will give you all of the information necessary
to take
save/use files stored on the server:
1. Synchronizing
your password:
Once you have synchronized your password, you can
save/read files stored on the server
under your account from a lab PC or from a PC outside
of the Wilkes domain. The above link
explains how to access your data from the Wilkes
domain. Item 4 explains how to access
your data from outside ofthe Wilkes domain.
2. To access your data from the Wilkes domain, you must
first log in to a machine within the
domain. Loggin
in
Be sure to log off. If you do not,
anyone walking up to the machine has access to
the data you have stored on
the server.
3. Wilkes University - File Server Disk Quota Policy
4. The following link
explains how to access your shared account from outside of the
Wilkes domain.
Part 2: webmail
1. Launch Internet Explorer by double clicking
on the Icon:
2. Type in the address for webmail:
Click ok
Click yes
Type in your user name and password. Your username will appear, but
your password will show up as asterisks. Then click login.
3. The first thing we are going to do is to create our signature. Select Options from the list of buttons at the top.
From there you will see:
Click on Personal Information
Click on Edit your identities. webmail supports multiple identities for your email. That way, can have separate identities for parents, teachers, friends, etc. Create one to use for your email for this class. Provide a name for this identity. Fill in your name and the from address as your wilkes1 email address. Do not specify a reply address. It will default to your wilkes1 account. You could use this to specify a different email address for replies. Do not use it for this email.
Under signature, fill in something of your choice. As a minimum for this class, you must have your name and email address. Anything else is completely up to you.
Folders are a convenient way to manage your email. At the present time, however, webmail does not support folders. Therefore, just ignore that save sent mail box and the sent mail folder. How to keep a record of your sent mail will be addressed below.
When done, click on create.
4. Email exchange with a friend
Click on the Compose button. Select the identity that you specified in the previous step. Fill in the To field with the userid of your partner.
Cc is for Complementary copy. Since webmail does not support saving a copy of your sent mail, I would recommend placing your userid in this field. That will result in the message being sent to you. When received, you can then save it on your hard drive or diskette for you records. How to do that is explained below.
Specify a subject, it can be anything.
The message portion should contain where you went to high school, your major here at Wilkes. and a few sentences stating why you came to wilkes.
When complete, click on the Send message Button at the top.
Click on the Refresh button to get your Inbox updated
5. Read your partner's email message by clicking on it.
Click on Reply and reply to your partner. Your reply can be anything, possibly just a statement that you received their message.
Click on Send Message. Go back to the Inbox and click on refresh to get your partner's reply.
At this point, you can also read your copy of the email that you sent
to your partner and save it. Open the message just like you opened your
partner's message.
Then click on the file menu option:
Then Save as
Specify a meaningful file name. You can use your diskette or your personal space on the shared file server.
6. Forward your partner's reply, which contains your original message, to me.
To do this, click on the forward button. My email address is bracken@wilkes.edu
7. Grade
You will receive your grade as a reply to your forwarded message. This
should contain your original message and your partner's reply.
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This lab is copyright © protected by Barbara Bracken
Last Modified 8/25/2003