Information about Email & Calendar Accounts
| Requirements | Establish a Connection
Using the Search Feature | The Outlook Environment |
Basic Email Activities | Working with Attachments | Working with Folders | Using the Contacts Folder |
Using the Address Book Feature | Change
Password | Out of Office Assistant
The Calendar Environment | Calendar Options | Scheduling Appointments | Making Meeting Requests
Faculty, staff and students with a UW-Green Bay email account will be able to access their email and calendar while away from campus through Outlook Web Access (OWA). All that is required is an Internet connection and a web browser such as Internet Explorer. This documentation reflects the appearance and functionality that you will find when you use Outlook Web Access 2003 in Basic mode, which is the default mode using any browser on a Macintosh and any browser other than Internet Explorer on a PC. If you use the Opera browser on a PC, you should explicitly select Basic mode.
The essentials of what you do in Outlook on campus can also be done through OWA, including accessing your Calendar and Contacts, sending and receiving messages with attachments, locating email addresses in the campus Global Address book, and viewing Public Folders. Some of the functions available on a campus workstation are not available through OWA, including spell checking, signatures, and special options and rules. Email accessed from a remote location will still be available to you when you access Outlook from a UW-Green Bay workstation.
Microsoft Outlook Web Access works by generating Web pages that mimic the Outlook application. As with any work done on the Web, the speed at which your pages form is influenced by factors such as the speed of your Internet connection.
To access your email from home, you’ll need an account with an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Internet service can be established through ISPs such as AT&T WorldNet, Infinity, and Green Bay Online; or through services such as America OnLine. Basically, if you can access the Web, you have an Internet connection.
Generally you are also given an email account with your Internet Service Provider as part of the package. These email accounts are separate and distinct from your UW-Green Bay email account. You won’t be accessing your UW-Green Bay account through the application you use to access your ISP email; instead, you’ll be accessing UW-Green Bay email directly from your Web browser.
Any of the popular Web browsers, such as Internet Explorer or Netscape, will
work for remote access on both Windows PCs and Macs. Modem speeds are a personal
issue, but be aware that attachments will move slowly through an older modem
(28.8 or slower). A cable modem or DSL connection will provide faster access.
You may notice a delayed response in OWA for some operations; especially for
operations like loading Public Calendars. Please wait a short time before concluding
that things are not working.
After you have established an Internet connection, launch Internet Explorer or other browser application and go to the University of Wisconsin – Green Bay homepage http://www.uwgb.edu. The Outlook Web Access link can be found on the Current Students, Faculty and Staff, or the A-Z Index pages. Click on one of these links or enter the following URL: http://www.uwgb.edu/webmail.htm
The OWA logon dialog box that appears will have two fields as shown below. Enter your campus network/email username (e.g., jacksl21), and password. Click on the Log On button to open Outlook.
NOTE: If you are using a browser other than Internet Explorer 6 or above, Outlook Web Access Light will be automatically selected.
This is a public or shared computer
You will need to sign in to Webmail again after two hours of inactivityThis is a private computer
You will need to sign in to Webmail again after 24 hours of inactivity
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