Instructions to change your email password and vacation message.

Click on the following link: http://mail.shibogama.on.ca

To change password:

Click on the "Change Password" link on the web page.

Enter your email user name and your email password.  If your email address is jdoe@shibogama.on.ca, you would enter jdoe as your "mailbox".

Under the "Change Password" tab, enter your old email address, then enter your new email password (twice), and then click on the .Go. icon.

Vacation status (adding):

If you are on away from the office, you can have an auto reply to all emails sent to you. This will notify the sender that you may not be available to reply to their emails.

Under the web mail login, enter your email user name and your email password.  If your email address is jdoe@shibogama.on.ca, you would enter jdoe as your "username".

Once logged in, click on the "Filters" link, click on the "Add a New Rule" button. Under "Conditions" frame, you will want all your emails to be filtered, therefore you need to change the condition from "Header" to "All" (click on one of the "Header" boxes, and highlight "All").

Scroll down to the "Vacation: The notice..." line, under "Action" frame, and activate the action by clicking on the circle.

- Under Use the following Message, type in a more detailed description i.e. .This is an automatic reply. I am currently on vacation and I will be returning on January 30, but I will respond to your email as soon as I return. If it is an urgent matter, please contact someone@shibogama.on.ca. Thank you.. Please note that this is an example, you may want to alter the message to suit your needs and department standards.

Once you have completed your task, click on the .Add New Rule. icon.  If everything worked out, you should see "Successfully added new rule" in red.  If not, repeat the steps, and click on the "Add New Rule" icon again.

Click on the .Sign Out. link (upper right corner).

Vacation status (removing):

Under the web mail login, enter your email user name and your email password.  If your email address is jdoe@shibogama.on.ca, you would enter jdoe as your "username".

Once logged in, click on the "Filters" link, add a checkmark to the filter rule (little box next to the "1"), click on the "Delete" button, and then click on the .Sign Out. link (upper right corner).