OWA is the acronym for Outlook Web App (formerly Outlook Web Access.) W&L staff and faculty can access their E-mail accounts on the web by going to https://owa.wlu.edu and logging in with their W&L username and password.

·         More Web browsers supported (listed below)

·         Conversation view: Conversation view lets you see all messages in a thread, including messages not in the current folder

·         Right-click: More actions have been added to the right-click menus in OWA

·         Messages: Forward an E-mail as an attachment

·         Favorites: Favorites makes it easier to access the folders you use the most

·         For a more complete listing, see the Microsoft article here: OWA 2010 New Features

From the Microsoft website:

To use the complete set of features that are available in Outlook Web App (OWA) and the web management interface (also known as the premium version), you can use the following browsers on a computer that runs Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows 7:

• Internet Explorer 7 and later versions.
• Firefox 3.0.1 and later versions.
• Chrome 3.0.195.27 and later versions.

On a computer that is running Max OS X, you can use the following browsers:

• Safari 3.1 and later versions.
• Firefox 3.0.1 and later versions.

On a computer that is running Linux, you can use the following browser:

• Firefox 3.0.1 and later versions.

If you use a web browser that does not support the full feature set, Outlook Web App opens in the light version.

(For a more complete listing, please visit this site: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2572191)

For W&L staff and faculty:

1. Open up a web browser (Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari, for example.)

2. Go to https://owa.wlu.edu (OWA is an acronym for Outlook Web App)

Download Qualys BrowserCheck: https://browsercheck.qualys.com/

Install this Mozilla Firefox plug-in. Click on Scan to find the plug-ins that need to be updated. Install the updates. Restart Firefox and log into OWA.

1. Log into http:owa.wlu.edu using Internet Explorer you have to use IE on a windows computer to get the full version, not the light version.
2. Go to "Options" in the upper right hand corner of the window.
3. Choose "Rules" on the menu on the left.
4. Choose "New Rule"
5. Create a rule with the conditions that
6. Choose "When my name is" --- check "in the TO or CC Box.
7. Under "Do the following" Choose "Forward Message to people or distribution list"
8. Then click on the little message in the center of the page that says
9.  "Apply this rule after the message arrives with ny name in the To or Cc box forward it to People or distribution list"
10. Click on the people or distribution list link and put the forwarding address in the "To:" section of the message recipients window and click OK.

Applies To: Faculty

Librarian: Dick Grefe (540) 458-8648 grefed@wlu.edu

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

There may be multiple user notification/alerts registered for the list.  To delete the extra notifications:

1. on the SharePoint site as an admin, select "Site Actions"
2. select "Site Settings"
3. under "Site Administration" select "User Alerts"
4. select the user to check for duplicate noifications/alerts and select "Update"
5. check the duplicate notifications/alerts
6. select "Delete Selected Alerts"
7. Re-select user to verify duplicate notifications/alerts are gone

Applies To: Faculty, Staff

Try these steps from Microsoft on rebuilding your identity database.

Applies To: Staff

From:  DigiTar Support

This is usually caused by the following situation:

1.) The user is logged in as a@b.com.
2.) In the user's inbox there are two digests, one for a@b.com and one for c@b.com.
3.) The user is clicking on a message in the c@b.com digest in their inbox which tries to link them into the Portal directly to that message.
4.) However, since they are logged in as a@b.com, they have no rights to the message.

To remedy the situation they need to examine the subject line of the digest they are clicking on, and log into the Portal as the user specified in the subject of the digest.