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Email FAQ

The email FAQ answers the most common questions and problems users have with email in general, and with WesMail in specific. If you have a question that is not answered by this page, submit a ticket.

  • How do I check my mail with Outlook or Entourage?
  • How do I create a folder in WesMail?
  • How do I add a contact to my WesMail address book?
  • How do I create a new contact group in WesMail?
  • How do I report mistakes by the spam filter?
  • How do I set up email forwarding?
  • How do I set up a vacation message?
  • What should I do if I'm not getting email from a certain person?
  • What email lists exist? Who can send to them?
  • When I leave NWU, can I take all of my email with me?
  • How do I whitelist or blacklist a sender?
  • How can I mark a message as "urgent" in WesMail?
  • How do I add or remove recipients from an email alias?
  • How do I change my password?
  • How do I set up an email alias?
  • I accidentally deleted my whole "Junk Mail" folder. Can you bring it back?
  • I had something important in my Trash or Junk Mail folder, and now it's gone! Can you get it back?
  • I keep getting a message that says I've reached quota. I deleted a bunch of messages, but I still get it. What gives?
  • I need another email address that multiple people can check.
  • I think someone is using my email address to send out spam!
  • Messages in WesMail are out of order. How can I fix this?
  • The spam filter keeps blocking messages from my dear Aunt Ethel, but not from refinance@stupid-spammers.com. What gives?
  • Can I access Huxley from off-campus?
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