The Technology Support Group Documentation Site http://www.stfx.ca/tsg/ offers very good help in setting up your account for logging in to WebFX and receiving mail.

Login to WebFX

To login: CTRL + ALT + DEL.  ---> enter user name such as x99abc  ---> TAB key---> enter password ---> make sure bottom says WEBFx ---> ENTER
(Don't worry if your account does not work the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd time! There are always a certain number of accounts that do not work. If yours is one that does not work, contact the TSG help desk at  867- 2356 as soon as possible and make sure your account works before the next class.)

Change password to an easy to remember 6 letter word:  CTRl + ALT + DEL at NT screen (Skip this if you already have changed your password)

x schell - is a user friendly interface which appears after Login. For this class, we will close this interface in order to become familiar with the regular Windows NT desktop: :  To close it, click on X on upper right hand corner.

Start Netscape

Bring up the Ed467 web page

Bookmark our class web page

Start the Messenger Mailbox of Netscape

1. Move your cursor over the Communicator menu item in Netscape.
2. hit the left mouse button, and a menu will drop down.
3. Move your cursor down until the "Messenger Mailbox" is highlighted.

 

 

At this point you should have a window open that looks like:


 
 

4. Hit the left mouse button and a dialog box will open in a few seconds. It might look something like:

 

 

Open your mailbox

1. Move your cursor over the Communicator menu item in Netscape.
2. Hit the left mouse button, and a menu will drop down.
3. Move your cursor down until the "Messenger Mailbox" is highlighted.
4. Hit the left mouse button and a dialog box will open in a few seconds.     :

Send email to me and to yourself

1. Move your cursor over the New Msg Button on the Messenger button bar.
2. hit the left mouse button, and in a few seconds a New composition window will appear it should look like. the one below.

If you click on down arrow at To,  you can select CC or  BC. Besides the Subject  and memo area, there are other features such as , font style size and color, numbering, justifying, and inserting images and links.
 



3. Move your cursor to the To: field

Hit the left button of the mouse and type in rjmackin@stfx.ca  .(When sending within the same local network, such as WEBFX,  user name only is necessary)
4. Move your cursor to the Subject: field, hit the left mouse button and type: Ed467
5. Move your cursor to the big text area at the bottom of the screen and type in your name.
6. Move your Cursor to the SEND button on the button bar and hit the left mouse button to send it.

add me to your address book

1. In Netscape, click on the Communicator menu item, a drop box will display
2. Move your cursor down until you highlight the Address book


It should look like this:

3. This will open the address book program that will look something like:

 

 



4. Click on the New Card button on the button bar. This will bring up a dialog box that looks like:

Fill in the fields for my card. (à check HTML toggle if that person is able to receive this format )
5. Click on the OK button.

You should have a Card in your address book for me. If you ever want to send an email to me all you have to do is go to the address book, click on my name and then click on the New Msg button on the button bar. Alternatively, you can just use the nickname RMK in the To: section of a New Message screen.

Instant Address – copying the address from a message directly into your address book While reading a message, click on Message (or rt. Click on Address you want to add) à Add to Address book à Sender or All à OK

Creating a Distribution List in your Address Book

(Addressing several people at one time) Click on Communicator à Address Book à New List à Fill in Nickname <Enter> for each name on the list à when finished, click OK


Using your address book when sending mail

 
While addressing a message: click the address book button and select the person or distribution list à click on To: or CC: à click on OK

Alternatively, you can type the nickname of the person or the list in the TO: field

While message is highlighted

Click on Forward button

Add a message to the message section if you wish

Click Send button

Click on message header and then click on Delete button

Deleted messages remain in the trash until emptied. They can be retrieved if still wanted. (At WEBFx all mail in trash cannot be retrieved)

Click onto Trash folder, click on File à Empty Trash Folder

Begin composing a new letter with To: address filled in

1. Create a short file in notepad containing your name with important information about yourself, and some sort of saying if you wish. Save it to your home directory with file name sig.txt

Message is directly readable with the same systems on sending and receiving end

Create folders to hold messages according to content

In the mail to text box, enter the address of the list server

In the message window, type subscribe list name. Then click on send.
 

Filtering Mail

Assignments

Text Reading : Read the Introduction and Chapter 1 for next class. Be ready to discuss salient points raised by the author.
Class Exercises:

1. Add my address to your address book.Send  me an e-mail message introducing yourself and tell me a little about yourself   In your message, include  your year, major and minor teachable subjects. I intend to create distribution lists in the various areas in order to share specialized information with you.
2. Join the ed467 class discussion forum.
3. Read Chapter 1 in the text.



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