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Account Lockout Types
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↵NMU users can be locked out of their NMU account (MyUser, MyNMU, Webmail, etc.) for various reasons, as listed below. Some of these lockouts can be fixed by the user, but many of the account lockout...
Adding a gmail account to Outlook using IMAP
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Microsoft Windows uses Outlook as the default email client. The “Send To, Mail recipient” feature in Windows and the Microsoft Word mail merge to email feature will not work unless Outlook is setup...
Adding an IMAP Account to an Existing Outlook Profile
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The instructions below add IMAP access to your NMU account to your existing Outlook profile. This will allow Outlook access to the messages and folders available in Webmail, including the ‘Sent’...
Adding Contacts in Outlook
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Outlook contacts can be used to save and store information, including names, email addresses, street addresses, pictures, birthdays, and other information. Create a New Contact Create a Contact...
Autoforwarding Email to an MES or Alumni Account
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Email autoforwarding allows you to forward your @nmu.edu account to an MES account or another account on campus such as yourid@alumni.nmu.edu. Thus, a department email address could be forwarded to a...
Backing up Contacts in Outlook
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You can export contacts to a file that can be then imported into other applications. This way also if you have to change computers you won't lose any of your email contacts. Though these instructions...
Backing Up NMU G Suite
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Unless you retire as an employee at NMU, as a faculty, staff, or student your NMU G Suite account will become disabled 1 year after you leave NMU and 3 years afterward if you were a graduate student...
Backing up Outlook with Windows File History
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File History is a Windows application that continuously backs up specific files. This article walks you though the process of using File History to back up your Outlook files, which contain your...
Canceling a Meeting in Outlook
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Things come up and sometimes you have to cancel a meeting. By canceling a meeting in Microsoft Outlook you are able to let all attendees know that the meeting is canceled. Cancel a meeting that...
Change a Meeting in Outlook
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Sometimes things come up and you need to change a meeting that has already been created. Once you open the meeting that you want to change you are able to do one of the following options: First,...
Changing my NMU UserID or Username
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The NMU UserID or username for NMU students and employees are based on the person's legal name. This requires a legal name change with the Social Security office and students updating the information...
Changing the Reply E-mail address in Outlook
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Sometimes you want a message to come from one account and any replies to the message to go to another account. To set this up the outgoing mail message would have to show the ‘reply to’ address...
Compose Gmail messages in a floating window
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If you don't want the small Compose box docked in the bottom right in gmail, you can: Hold down 'Shift' when you click 'Compose' to go straight to a floating window. ORHold down 'Shift' when you...
Create a signature in Outlook
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You can create a personalized signature for your email messages that include text, images, your electronic business card, a logo, or even an image of your handwritten signature. Your signature can...
Creating Rules in Outlook
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According to a 2012 report the Mckinsey Global Institute found that, on average, workers spent 28% of their work week reading and answering e-mails. Staying organized is extremely important when...
Customizing the new look in gmail
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Many people as of 11/15/18 might be unhappy about the new look in gmail. Here are some customization options that might help: Use Chrome or Firefox for gmail. Microsoft Edge displays the preview...
Export Outlook Distribution List to Google Contacts
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We recommend you only use this method to export very large distribution lists. For small distribution list, it is more efficient to create a contact group in Google and then add contacts to the group...
Exporting an NMU.EDU or Exchange Account Mailbox Using Outlook
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Exporting the contents of the NMU.EDU account mailbox (viewable at Webmail) or the Microsoft Exchange account mailbox (viewable using OWA) to an Outlook pst file is a way to save the mail messages,...
Filtering NMU Announcements in Outlook
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NMU faculty and staff receive many email announcements throughout the day that end up in their inbox with the rest of their mail. Outlook can use rules to help filter such messages. Here are...
Filtering SPAM in Outlook
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Outlook can filter spam in multiple different ways. Select an option below to learn how to set up mail filtering. To learn how to have emails marked as *****SPAM***** by the server, visit the...