E-MAIL EXTRAS

File & Storage limits

• E-Mail size and storage space is limited
• You may experience problems with your e-mail if you exceed:
  • Individual e-mail size
  • Maximum e-mail storage space

Student Limits

Faculty Limits

Broadcast E-mail

• Fixed lists of Mercyhurst groups available for campus mass e-mail distribution
• Available Mercyhurst Broadcast Lists

EMPLOYEES		STUDENTS		FACULTY
- All Employees		- All Students		- All Faculty
- All Main Employees		- All Main Students		- All Main Faculty
- All NE Employees		- All NE Students		- All NE Faculty

Request a Mercyhurst Broadcast E-Mail

 

 

ListServe Request

• Create an automatic electronic mailing list of e-mail addresses of people interested in specific area of interest
• Used to share announcements or to enable subscribers to communicate and discuss common topics of interest

Request a Mercyhurst ListServ

Vacation Procedures

• When you are gone on vacation, you need to leave a message on your Mercyhurst e-mail
• Vacation messages let people know you are gone and when you will respond

Faculty & Staff Vacation Procedures

Personal E-Mail Browsers

• Software e-mail browser setup on your personal computer
  • Downloads e-mail from one or more e-mail accounts to your PC
  • Useful to keep your Mercyhurst WebMail account from exceeding its 125 MB limit, 225 MB for faculty/staff
• On-campus use of personal browsers
  • E-mail using Mercyhurst mail server
  • Use Mercyhurst server for incoming and outgoing e-mail
• Off-campus use of personal browsers
  • Receive e-mail from the Mercyhurst mail server
  • Need access to your ISP mail server to send mail
    • Cannot send mail from off-campus personal browser using mercyhurst outgoing mail server
  • Recommend using WebMail on Mercyhurst server for off-campus Mercyhurst e-mail

    http://webmail.mercyhurst.edu

• Required User Info to setup an e-mail browser

• Type of E-mail server
  • POP3
• Incoming Mail Server Address
  • mail.mercyhurst.edu
• Outgoing Mail Server Address
  • mail.mercyhurst.edu (on-campus)
  • Off-campus requires your ISP address

 

OutLook Express

Set Up Account Wizard

Add new e-mail accounts in OutLook Express

Manually Edit Accounts

Check or change e-mail account settings in OutLook Express

Message Rules

Using rules to manage questionable mail messages

TroubleShooting

Common OutLook Express problems

 

Microsoft Using OutLook Express

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/using/oe/default.mspx

OutLook

Set Up Account Wizard

Add new e-mail accounts in OutLook

Manually Edit Accounts

Check or change e-mail account settings in OutLook

Message Rules

Using rules to manage questionable mail messages

Auto-Launch Outlook at PC startup

Set up Outlook to open when computer starts

TroubleShooting

Common OutLook problems

 

Microsoft OutLook Reference Guides

http://www.microsoft.com/office/outlook/prodinfo/messageguide.mspx

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/CH790018071033.aspx