| Q. |
How do I log off? |
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Close your web
browser. This may sound simple, but it is required to flush out
the username and password you typed in to logon to the web interface.
Otherwise even with a logoff button, you could hit the 'back' button
and regain access to the mailbox due to the password caching of most
web browsers. |
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| Q. |
How do I get my Email Folders? |
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For Internet
Explorer users, there is a 'Folders' button in the upper left hand
corner of the screen. Clicking on this will load your folder
list. If you have sub-folders, you can click on the + signs to
expand the folders. For Netscape users there is a 'Folders' icon
in the middle of the left column. |
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| Q. |
What web browser should I use? |
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Internet Explorer
5.5 or 6.0 is recommended. Internet Explorer 4, and 5.0 will
also work. Netscape 4.x and newer web browsers should also work. |
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| Q. |
When did this all change? |
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Throughout July,
2001 Exchange 2000 was setup at UMKC. By July
24th all users were moved to Exchange 2000, and the new version of the web
access was available for all users. At that time, users were given 10 days
to stop using the old Exchange 5.5 web access. On August 6th, the Exchange
5.5 web access server was removed so that the server could be reinstalled for
Exchange 2000 Instant Messaging and chat services. |
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| Q. |
What is SSL and why should I use
that? |
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SSL (secure sockets layer) is a method of encrypting your
information when you read your email with a web browser. This ensures that
anyone maliciously 'eavesdropping' on your network connection cannot read your
email. Most users do not need this, but it is a nice added security
feature. Some people running behind a firewall are required to use this,
or your firewall will block access to your email. |
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| Q. |
How do I access another mailbox
that I'm authorized to access? |
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Exchange 2000
allows you to specify a web URL for accessing other mailboxes and
folders, only when a user has given your account permissions to do so.
Lets say user userx gives you access to folder y , you could access that
folder using this URL: https://e2k.exchange.umkc.edu/userx/y
. After entering that URL, you simply logon with your username and
password. Replace userx with the user's real username and y with the
name of the folder they grant you access to. This works great for sharing
calendars, such as the case where a person has been give the rights to schedule
your meetings. |
