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Your e-mail address is your user name at mesastate.edu.

username@mesastate.edu

The e-mail address for Lady Maverick would be lmaverick@mesastate.edu

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 


When sending attachments, be aware that attachments larger than 5 megabytes will not go through the Internet So consider saving your images in jpeg or gif format.


 

 

 



When you change your e-mail password, your network password also changes.

 

When setting your e-mail account to forward to another account, the messages that already are in your account will not automatically forward.




You Network Password is used for

  • E-Mail
  • Dial-Up connection
  • F, H & K Drives
  • Logging into lab computers

Using Campus E-mail for Students

Your e-mail address,

  • Your e-mail address is your network user name@mesastate.edu;
  • For example, Lady Maverick, whose user name is "lmaverick", will have an e-mail address of
    lmaverick@mesastate.edu
To Open the e-mail program,
  • Open Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator;
  • Go to the Mesa State home page. The address is http://www.mesastate.edu;
  • Point to
  • Click "Student Login" in the drop down menu.
  • Click on the "E-mail" link. The program prompts you to log in.
  • Enter the user name and password that work for you in the computer labs on campus. The e-mail program then comes up in Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. You are now ready to use e-mail.

To send a message,

  • Open the e-mail program;
  • Click on the composebutton It is located toward the far left hand edge of the window;
  • Fill in the information you want; then
  • Click on the "Send" button.

To send an attachment,

  • While composing or writing an e-mail message, click the attach button;
  • Click the "Browse" button, locate the file you wish to attach, click on that file once to select it, and click the "Open" button;
  • Click the "OK" button. Then your message is ready to send with the attachment.

To save sent messages,

  • Create a new folder called "Sent Messages";
    • Log into your e-mail account;
    • Click the "Add Folder" link located near the top of the left hand column;
    • For the folder name, enter "Sent Messages"; and
    • Click "OK".
  • Click the options button. It is located in a group of three buttons located above the list of messages;
  • Click "Mail Box Management";
  • Click the list arrow next to "Sent Folder";
  • Select "Sent Messages"; and
  • Click the "Save" button located at the bottom of the window.

To change your password,

  • Click the optionsbutton . It is located in a group of three buttons located above the list of messages;
  • In the "Change your password" section, type in your old password and type in a new password that you wish to use. You will have to retype your new password;
  • Click the savebutton located at the bottom of the screen. You may have to scroll down;
  • The new password is the password that you use to log onto computers on campus, log onto your e-mail, and to dial the Internet from your home computer.

To forward your campus e-mail to another e-mail system,

  • Click the optionsbutton . It is located in a group of three buttons located above the list of messages;
  • Click the mail box management button;
  • In the "Forward all new messages" section,
    • select "Yes";
    • enter your other e-mail address in the "Forward To" box.
  • Click the save button located near the bottom of the window.

To create a mailing list,

  • Click on the search address books button . It is located along the left edge of the e-mail window. A window labeled "Address Books" appears;;
  • Make the Address Book window wider so that you can see the create button and click on this button.;
  • In the "First Name" and "Last Name" fields, enter a name that you want the list to have;
  • In the "E-mail Address" field, enter the addresses of each person who will be part of the list. Separate each address by either a space or a coma;
  • Click the ok button. You have now created an e-mail list. To send mail to everyone on the new list, simply send a message to the list.

 

 

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