Using Student E-Mail
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 want to keep a copy of sent messages. Sent items will count against your mailbox quota, so periodically delete items that you do not need any more 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
