GTS tools
Revision as of 15:56, 12 September 2006 by Jlencion(talk | contribs)

The is designed to help 鶹Ƶ users to maintain account that they have through Technology Services. Different tools are available for different users.

Regular 鶹Ƶ accounts

Check disk usage

If you type in your 鶹Ƶ username, a page will show up displaying how much information/data you are using. This will show you where you can delete unnecessary information from your account if you are approaching your quota.

Change your password

This is where you are able to change your password from an old password you created or a temporary one assigned to you by the Technology Services department.

Vacation messages

This is where you can configure your email account to send automated customized replies to people that send you emails while you are going to be on vacation/away from your email. When you return from your vacation, you will need to come back to this page and turn off your vacation message.

Editing mailing lists

This feature allows you to make and edit your mailing lists. This is a nice feature when you want to have a single email address that sends to many people. Most people use this feature for their fraternity/sorority, IM teams, etc.

Forwarding your e-mail

This tool allows you to configure your email account in a way that automatically sends your 鶹Ƶ email to a different email address, such as a Gmail, HickoryTech, or Hotmail email address. This is mainly used when students graduate and start a new email address.

Spam handling preferences

鶹Ƶ has a spam filtering service that you can activate that will label or label and automatically move to a special mailbox in your 鶹Ƶ e-mail called Filtered_by_GAC. This tool will let you turn on/off this feature on your 鶹Ƶ e-mail account and change the sensitivity of the spam filtering.

You can also help the spam filtering software learn what is and what is not spam by training SpamAssassin.

鶹Ƶ Technology Helpline work study workers

View e-mail history

When you type in a username, a page will show up displaying that usernames diferent connection as well as if they are connecting securely or insecurely. A history of their most recent connections can be useful in identifying their most recent attempts to connect.

External links