Exchange Mail and Other Data for College Employees

After you have received an Employee LAN account, and an Exchange mailbox, use Outlook  anywhere on Main Campus  to access all information the Exchange server stores for you. Log on to the Employee domain with the username and password from your Employee Account sheets. Double-click the Microsoft Outlook shortcut (on your desktop or on the Start menu). Exchange data includes e-mail, calendar, contacts, notes, meeting reminders, and various other utilities.

If you are not on Main Campus, access your Exchange mail or calendar with a Web browser at the address mail.flcc.edu (log in when prompted, twice). You can do this from home, the extension centers, or anywhere in the world where there is a computer with Internet access. The web client, OWA (Outlook Web Access) is built in to the Exchange server, so the computer you use doesn't need anything except an Internet connection and a standard browser (Internet Explorer 5.5 or Netscape versions 4.5 or higher).

An internal address book is part of the Exchange Server's data, so that you can send e-mail to anyone employed at FLCC by just typing their last name (or the first few letters of it). For example, you could put Smith in the To: section of your e-mail message. When you send the message (or click the check names icon), the system will give you a list of all FLCC employees named Smith, and let you choose the correct one. If you put Carlisi in the address box, you won't be asked for anything, since there is only one Carlisi at the college. If you put J Taylor, it will ask whether you want John or Jason. If you put John Taylor, it will go to him with no questions.

You can store addresses, phone numbers and other information about people outside the college in the Contacts folder. You can put appointments on your calendar, ask for an alarm to remind you about appointments, and check when other people are free for a meeting. Of course, this only works if everyone you need puts their appointments on their calendars so Exchange can tell whether they're busy or free at any given time.

Training sessions for Outlook are held regularly by John Taylor or Bonnie Rands. For more information, see John's PAWS page.

 Modified 2/1/2003 by Kay Carlisi
 
 

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