Using NIU Student E-Mail (WebAccess)
Students access their NIU e-mail at webmail.students.niu.edu .
You will be prompted to enter your "User Name" (your Z-ID) and your Novell account password. If you do not know your Z-ID or password go to password.niu.edu.
Navigation Icons & Links
- Mailbox (globe) Icon – Takes you to your Mailbox/Inbox items.
- Compose (paper & pencil) Icon – Allows you to compose a mail, appointment, task, or note item.
- Address Book (Rolodex) Icon – Access your Personal, System Wide, or Public address books.
- Calendar icon – Access & View your personal calendar in Day, Week, or Month mode.
- User Proxy (two person) Icon – Grant proxy rights to your account or Access other accounts that have given proxy rights to you.
- Question Mark Icon – Help Menu for further explanation of features.
- Option (checklist) Icon - Access to General Settings, Mailbox Management, Rules, and Shared Folders.
- Exit (open door with arrow) Icon - Logout.
- Update Link - Refreshes the display.
- Select All Link - Selects all the messages.
- Clear All Link - Clears all the checks.
Function Buttons
- Purge - Immediately deletes any selected message(s). These are not recoverable.
- Purge All - Removes the selected message(s) as well as any message that is currently marked for deletion. Messages that are purged can not be recovered.
- Delete - Marks the selected message(s) for deletion. The message(s) will appear with a red "X" next to them and a line will appear through the subject of the message.
- Undelete - Undelete the selected message(s) that were previously deleted using the delete function.
- Copy - Copies the selected message(s) to the desired folder. Select the desired folder for the copy and click O.K. to copy the message(s).
- Move - Moves the selected message(s) to the desired folder. Select the desired folder and click O.K. to move the message(s).
- Read Later - Marks the selected message(s) as unread (new), even if they have been previously opened.
- Accept – Accepts a new calendar item such as an appointment, task, or note.
- Decline – Declines a new calendar item such as an appointment, task, or note.
Creating a Sent Item Folder
By default your NIU student e-mail account does not store a copy of your sent messages. You can Create a sent items folder in your student e-mail account if you wish to keep a copy of sent messages. This newly created sent items folder will only store messages sent via http://webmail.students.niu.edu/, and will only display messages that were sent *after* this feature was enabled. Remember that sent items will count against your mailbox quota, and so periodically delete items that you do not wish to retain (especially messages you have sent with attachments) to free up space in your e-mail account.
- Log in to http://webmail.students.niu.edu/
- Click Add Folder
- Type a name for this new folder – such as Sent Items & Click O.K.
- Select the Option Icon – described above under Navigation Icons & Links
- Choose the Mailbox Management tab
- Locate the Sent Folder drop-down arrow & choose your newly created folder
- Click Save
- Log out of your account for the selection to take effect
