Student WebMail

To start and log in to Selkirk Student Webmail

In your browser’s address bar type in: nmail.selkirk.ca. You will see a box asking for your username and password. This box may look different depending on your browser.

Figure 1 - Internet Explorer

Figure 2 - Firefox

• Specify your username (firstnamelastname - the same as your computer lab username).
• Specify your password. (default password is initials in uppercase – your birthdate. ie: NM-19990624)
• Click OK.

The Main Window

When you open WebAccess, you see the main window.  The main window is the starting point for many of the tasks you can accomplish with WebAccess.

Changing Your Password

1. In the toolbar, click Options  General Settings.
2. Under Change Your Password, type your existing password.
3. Type a new password.
4. Retype the new password to verify it.
5. Click Save to save your password.

Important : If you are using WebAccess on a NetWare* network, your WebAccess password is also your NetWare login password.  Therefore, if you change your WebAccess password, you are also changing the password you use to log in to the network.

Setting Up and Removing Automatic Forwarding

You can use the Automatic Forwarding feature to automatically forward all incoming messages to another e-mail account (hotmail/gmail/yahoo).

To set up automatic forwarding:

In the WebAccess toolbar, click Options Mailbox Management.

1. Under Forward All New Messages, select Yes.
2. If you want to keep copies of the forwarded messages in your mailbox, select Yes for the Keep Copy option.
   If you select No for this option, forwarded messages are removed from your mailbox.
3. In the Forward to field, specify the e-mail addresses where you want to forward all your messages. List one e-mail address per line.
4. Click Save.

Web Access Toolbar

When logging out, use Exit to properly log out, rather than just closing your browser.

Where to Get Help

The NetMail Web interface comes with online help files. To find these files, click on the Help icon located in the toolbar on the top of the page.

About the Main Window

When you click on WebAccess, you'll open the main window (shown below), which is the starting point for many of the tasks you'll want to accomplish.

Toolbar

The toolbar provides icons that allow you to view your Mailbox, compose a message, search the Address Book, view your Calendar, open the online Help, change your WebAccess options, and exit WebAccess.

Toolbar Icons

• Help icon
• Options/Preferences icon
• Log out icon
• Mailbox icon
• Create message icon
• Address book icon
• Calander icon

Folder List

The Folder List displays the folders you use to organize items you've sent and received. You can add additional folders to further help you organize your items. To display the contents of the folder in the Item List, just click on a folder.  The Mailbox folder is the default folder and opens automatically when you first log in to NetMail.

Item List

The Item List displays the contents of the folder that is currently open. By default, the 10 most recent items in the folder are displayed. If the folder contains more than 10 messages, a Next button appears at the bottom of the list. You can click Next to display the next 10 messages. If you wish, you can change the number of messages displayed per page by editing the WebAccess options.

The icon next to each item indicates the item's type and status. Buttons for actions you commonly perform on items are displayed at the top of the Item List. You can simultaneously perform actions on multiple items (delete, purge, etc.) by marking the boxes to the left of the items and then clicking the desired action button. When you click an item to open it, the actions you can perform on that item are also displayed at the top of the item window.

When you select items in the Item List by marking their check boxes, and then you click one of the action buttons at the top of the Item List, WebAccess automatically updates the Item List to reflect the changes (for example, whether the message has been read or deleted). However, to reduce the number of times you access the Web server, WebAccess does not automatically update the Item List if you first open an item and then click an action button inside the item window.

For example, if you select an item in the Item List and move it to another folder by clicking Move at the top of the Item List, the Item List will be updated after the move is complete. However, if you open an item and click Move inside the item window, the Item List is not updated. To refresh the list, you can open the folder again, or click Update at the top of the list.

Composing a New Message

1. From the Web interface main window, click the Create Message icon.
2. Create message icon From the Create Message window, click the Address Book button to add recipients in the To, CC and BC boxes, or type a recipient's address in the To, CC or BC box. Separate multiple addresses with a comma.
3. Type a subject and message. You can include Web site locations or addresses (URIs) in both the Subject and Message boxes.
4. Click the Attach button to attach files to the message.
5. Click the Send button to send your e-mail message.