Using WittMail

We offer WittMail as an option to read e-mail. The program will work on campus or off and can be used with most Web browsers (see version information). From home, WittMail can be used to access campus e-mail even when using another Internet Service Provider.

How do I access the web site?

• To access WittMail, open a web browser application such as Netscape or Internet Explorer.
• Go to the address: http://wittmail.wittenberg.edu

How do I log in? Put the username and password in the spaces provided and click Login.

To check e-mail:

• To check messages click the Check Messages icon. WittMail will automatically refresh the message list every few minutes.
• To reply, forward, reply to all, or redirect a message, click to check and click on the appropriate button in the toolbar at the top of the window.

To send e-mail:

• Click New Message (top left of the screen).
• Fill in the e-mail address of the person to whom the message is addressed, the subject of the message, and the body text of the message and click Send.

To delete an e-mail

• To delete messages, click to place a check mark in the Subject section for the message.
• Click the Delete button at the top of the page. The message is marked with a red "X".
• After selecting the messages for deletion, click Expunge.

To find an e-mail address for someone else on campus:

• Click Contacts at the top left of the page.
• The standard Wittenberg addressbooks and any personal addressbooks you created in WittMail appear in a list on the left.
• Click an addressbook name to select.
• Above the addresses listed, choose the section of the addressbook.
• OR - Click the Search button, and use the full name or e-mail name of the person.

How do I change my e-mail password? Currently passwords must be changed from the Witt Portal section of the Wittenberg Web page. Select the Witt Portal quicklink, log in, and choose Change password from the column on the left.

Rules for changing passwords:

• You cannot reuse the last five passwords used for Windows NT/2000.
• You must use a numeric character within the first 8 characters of the password.
• The password must contain at least one capitalized alphabetic character and one lowercase alphabetic character within the first eight characters.
• The minimum length password is 6 characters while the maximum is 8. (Reminder: E-mail and Windows passwords are separate; changing one does NOT change the other.)

To create your own address book:

• Click Contacts at the top left of the page.
• Click Create (upper left corner of the window).
• Type a name for the addressbook, then click OK. *Note: The personal address book in Eudora Pro is separate and will not be available automatically, nor will the WittMail addressbook be available through Eudora Pro.
• The new addressbook appears in the list on the left as username.addressbookname.

To send file attachments:

• After typing the e-mail that you are sending, click Browse.
• Locate the file to send, then click Open.
• Click Attach.

Preferences, Signatures

• Click General on the left to set a signature for each message.
• Click Mailbox to choose last message, first new, etc. as the place for WittMail to open your Mailboxes. You can also set colors to help sort mail and whether or not you would like the program to provide a reminder that you are expunging messages from the mailbox.
• Click Message to choose what headers you will see in each message and whether or not WittMail opens messages in a new window.
• Click Compose to set a mailbox for outgoing copies of messages.