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Please follow these steps prior to attending so that I can address your questions and concerns
accordingly:
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Go to http://www.gboe.org (save to your favorites)
Click on “Staff E-Mail”
User Name “gboe\first initial last name no spaces all lowercase” For example: gboe\rlasalle
Type in your Password
Click on “Ok”
Click on the first e-mail title in your “Inbox”
If you wish to delete it, click on the “X” at the top toolbar while the e-mail is selected blue
Scroll through e-mails using your arrow keys to review them, delete as needed
Viewing Your E-mail Messages: Your Inbox displays the e-mail messages sent to your account.
All messages, both read and unread, are listed in chronological order in the middle of your screen,
in the “Preview Pane.” Unread messages show the sender's name in bold type. Once you have
read the e-mail message, you have several options:
To reply to the sender of the e-mail message:
1. Click the “Reply” button
2. Type your reply in the message box.
3. Click the Send button
To reply to the sender and all recipients of the e-mail message:
1. Click the “Reply to all” button
2. Type your reply in the message box.
3. Click the Send button
To forward the e-mail message:
1. Click the “Forward” button
2. In the “To” box type the e-mail address of the recipient of the forwarded e-mail message.
Separate multiple e-mail addresses with a semicolon (;).
3. If necessary, type an additional message in the message field.
4. Click the Send button
To delete the e-mail message:
 Click the “Delete” button
To print the e-mail message:
 Double-click the message to open it in a separate window, and then click on the Printer
button located on the button bar at the top of the window.
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Changing Pages: The Inbox view displays only one page (25 messages at a time in your Inbox.)
To view additional messages, you must switch to another page. The box shown below, located in
the upper-right corner of your Inbox, lists the total number of messages in your Inbox, and
indicates which range of items is currently displayed. The simplest way to display another page of
messages is to use the arrow buttons located in the upper-right corner of your Inbox.
Creating and Sending E-mail:
1. To create a new e-mail message, click the “New” message button .
2. The New Message box will appear: In the “To” box type the e-mail address(es) of the
recipient(s) of your message.
3. Separate multiple e-mail addresses with a semicolon (;).
4. In the “Subject” box type a brief subject to provide a summary of your message. Type your
message in the message field. (place cursor in big white square, start typing)
5. To send your e-mail message, click the “Send” button.
6. The New Message box will disappear
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Sending and e-mail with Attachments: To send an e-mail message with an attachment (such as
a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, image file, etc.), follow the instructions under Creating and
Sending E-mail. Before you send your e-mail message, do the following:
1. Click on the “Attachments” button.
2. Under Choose a file to attach, click the “Browse” button.
3. Click on the down-arrow of the Look in box and choose the appropriate drive.
4. Locate the file you wish to attach to your message, click on the name of the file, then click
“Open.”
5. Click the “Attach” button. The name of the attached file now appears in the box under Current
file attachments.
 To add another attachment, repeat steps 2 through 5.
 To remove an attachment, check the box in front the name of the file to be removed, and
then click “Remove.”
6. Click the “Close” button to return to the New Message box.
7. To send your e-mail message, click the “Send” button.
Deleting E-mail Messages: There are two ways to delete messages:
1. To delete a selected message, either click the Delete button or press the Delete key on your
keyboard.
To delete entire Inbox:
1. Go to “Options” on the bottom left hand side.
2. Change your “Messaging Options” to display 100 e-mails from 25.
3. Click “Save and Close” located at the top.
4. To delete multiple messages from your “Inbox”, hold down the “Shift” key on your
keyboard then click the last e-mail in that “page.” (Scroll to bottom while holding shift.)
5. Then click the Delete button or press the Delete key on your keyboard. (still holding Shift)
6. Repeat steps 1-5 on all of the pages in your in box.
NOTE: Deleted messages are not removed permanently until they are deleted from the
“Deleted Items folder.”
To delete all e-mail messages from the Deleted Items folder: Do one of two things:
 Open the Deleted Items folder by clicking on the link on the left side of your screen, and
then click the Empty Deleted Items button.
 Use your mouse to right-click on the link and then choose Empty Deleted Items.
Tips for E-mail Users:
• Check your e-mail on a regular basis. (daily)
• Delete unwanted e-mail and empty your Deleted Items folder on a regular basis. (daily)
• Never open an e-mail attachment from an unknown sender; it could contain a virus.
• Do not forward Spam, virus hoaxes, urban legends, "chain letters," etc.
• Always include a meaningful subject line.
• Use UPPER CASE type only as emphasis – otherwise it can be interpreted as “yelling.”
• Do not overuse the “Reply to all” option.
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• Read it over before you press the send button.
Create a new contact
1. In Contacts, on the toolbar, click New.
2. In the new contact window, on the General tab, type the information you want to include for
the contact.
Tip Use the drop-down lists to record multiple entries in some boxes. For example, the
drop-down list next to the E-mail icon allows you to store up to three different e-mail
addresses for a contact (E-mail, E-mail 2, and E-mail 3). You can also store multiple
addresses and phone numbers.
3. If you have multiple addresses stored for a contact, you can designate one as the contact's
mailing address. Select the address in the list, and then select the Mailing address check
box.
4. On the Details tab, you can fill in additional information about a contact.
5. Click Save and Close, and then refresh your browser window to see the new contact.
Note Use the File As list on the General tab to determine how the contact will appear in Contacts.
You can display each person by first and last name, by last name first, or by company name.
Open a contact: To view all the information you have stored for a contact, you'll need to open the
contact.
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In Contacts, double-click the contact you want to open.
Create a distribution list
If you regularly send e-mail messages to a group of people, you can create a distribution list to
simplify addressing messages and meeting requests. After a distribution list is created, you can
send a message or meeting request to multiple recipients at the same time. Distribution lists can
include anyone with a valid e-mail address.
1. On the main toolbar, click the arrow next to New, and then click Distribution List.
2. In the new distribution list window, in the List Name text box, type the name of your new
distribution list.
3. To add a member of your organization to your distribution list, click Find Names. Use the
Find Names dialog box to locate the person in your organization's global address list or
your contacts, and then click Add recipient to...Distribution List. Repeat this step for each
person you want to add.
Note You can also type the e-mail addresses or aliases for the people you want to add in
the Add to Distribution List text box.
4. To add a personal contact or person outside of your organization to your distribution list,
type the contact's name or the person's e-mail address in the Add to Distribution List text
box, and then click Add. Repeat this step for each person you want to add.
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Tip To delete the distribution list from your address book in the new distribution list window, click
Delete on the toolbar. To send a message to all the members of the distribution list, click Send
mail to list
Delete a message
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To delete a message or multiple messages from a folder in the main Outlook Web Access
window, select the messages and then click Delete on the main toolbar.
Tip To select consecutive messages, click the first and last messages in the series while
holding down the SHIFT key. To select non-consecutive messages, hold down the CTRL
key as you click each message you want to delete.
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To delete an opened message, click Delete
on the toolbar.
Note All deleted messages are sent to the Deleted Items folder. They aren't permanently removed
until you delete them from the Deleted Items folder.
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