Web Mail
Last night ITS started the upgrade to the new version of Web mail. We had planned on completing it within a few hours. Boy were we optimistic. After 7 hours we had to call Novell engineers to help us out. We got the Web Mail system up and running around 10 p.m.. This morning we worked on getting the SSL certificates set up and we still have not set up publishing the calendar to the Web. We will continue to work on resolving these issues.
Those of you who have tried the email provided positive comments; especially about no having to click the next 20 messages. We have heard positive comments about the layout and the increased capability.
Note: If you use IE 8, make sure that you have backwards compatibility turned on or the layout will not display correctly.
New features in GroupWise 8 Web Mail include:
- Scroll through the messages in your Mailbox instead of displaying 20 items at a time.
- Tasklist interfaces with the Calendar. It replaces the 'old Checklist."
- RSS Feeds are displayed in an RSS folder.
- Auto Save saves a copy of the item you are composing. In the event that GroupWise stops unexpectedly, items that were incomplete are saved in the Work in Progress folder.
- HTML format for composing emails allows you to choose from various fonts, sizes, colors, bulleted/numbered lists to make you email more exciting.
- Spell Check automatically highlights any misspelled words in the subject or message fields.
- Name Completion will occur when typing in the last name of the email recipient. Simply begin typing in the last name, and GroupWise will complete it for you based on the entries in the Address Book.
- Graphical Calendar interface allows you to display your calendar by day, week or month. Tasks, appointments and notes are all available with the new calendar feature.
- Multiple Personal Calenders is available for you to maintain calendars for various reasons---for example, one for work, one for training. The different calendars can be color coded as well.
- Shared Calendars can also be displayed---even in various colors!
GroupWise 8 Training
Training on GroupWise 8 will be offered in Carnegie 200 from 9 am until 10 am on Thursday, September 3; Friday, September 4; Thursday, September 10; and Friday, September 11. There is no need for preregistration.
Topics covered will include:
- Create a new Home page (Dashboard)
- Using the Favorites Folder
- Customize the Navigation Bar
- Direct emails to Results Folder
- View a Discussion Thread
- Preview Messages
- Set-up Vacation Rule
- Compose emails using Word
- Locate contact on Google Map
- Personalize Emails
- Add Time Zones on Calendar
- Utilize Categories
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