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Web E-mail Step-by-Step Instructions (for the "How To" Videos)

How To Log In:

Type your Username in the "Username" box.
- Your Username is your student ID number found on your class schedule.
- After you have logged into your e-mail account, you will see your alphabetical user name listed above your folders. For security reasons, it is best that you use this username to log into your account from now on. Although you can use either username, please use the alphabetical one so recipients of your messages will not see your student ID number.
Type your Password in the "Password" box.
- Your Password is the first initial of first name, first initial of last name, plus 2-digit month and 2-digit day of birth.
- If you are unsuccessful at logging in, you may not have given the college your birth date when you registered; in this case the password is your initials followed by 9999. Example: js9999.
- If you need additional help, call the Helpdesk at 414-297-6541 or create a ticket at http://matc.edu/TecHELP/gotarequest.html

How To Create a Folder

After you have logged in, click the "Add Folder" option.
Type the name of your folder in the space and click the button. You can use this process to create any folder.
You have created the folder and now need to activate it. Click the
"Options" Icon and select the Mailbox Management option at the top of the page. Under Mailbox Settings, select the name of the folder you have just created and then click the save button at the bottom of the page. The folder has now been activated.

How To Create a Message

After you have logged in, click on the "New Message" icon in the left margin.
Enter the e-mail address of the person you want to send a message to in the ?To? Field.
- If possible, copy and paste the e-mail address from a prior e-mail to avoid having any typos in the address.
Enter the subject of the message in the ?Subject? field.
You can also add an e-mail address in the ?CC? field if you need to send a copy of your message to someone.
Add your message in the message box and click the button.

How To Attach a Document

After you have logged in, click on the "New Message" icon in the left margin.
Click the button.
Click the "Browse" button.
- You are going to look for the document you created and saved to your computer's hard drive or to a disk that you want to attach to your message.
After you locate the document, click on the name of it to select it.
Click "Open."
- You are returned to the e-mail screen.
Click the button.
Click the buttons.
- Returns you to your original message.
Complete the rest of the fields.
Click the button to send your message with the document attached.

How To Change Your Password

Use the Password Manager, OR:

After you have logged in, click the ?Options" Icon.
Under the "Change Your Password" section near the top of the page:
- Type in your old password.
- Type in your new password.
- Type in your new password in the "Retype Password" box.
Click the ?Save? button at the bottom of the page.

How To Forward Your MATC E-mail to Another E-mail Account

After you have logged in, click the ?Options" Icon.
Select ?Mailbox Management.?
In the ?Forward all New Messages? area, click the ?Yes? button.
In the "Forward to" box, enter the e-mail address where you want your e-mail forwarded.
Click the ?Save? button at the bottom of the page.
Be sure you are periodically logging into your MATC e-mail account and deleting the forwarded messages to prevent your account from becoming full and unable to receive or send any additional messages.