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Documentation

Documentation is available for the following:

General information about technology resources at Union College may also be found here.

All of the documentation listed may be viewed as an Adobe Acrobat (pdf) file. If you do not have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, you may download it from the Adobe website.

ITS' Curricular Support Office offers a number of informative tip sheets. These may be found at http://curriculum.union.edu/tips.

Umail

Changing Your Umail Password Through the Web How to change your Umail password
Using Umail How to use Umail to check email
Forward E-mail from Umail How to use set Umail up to forward your email to an external address
Configuring Junk E-mail Settings

How to configure junk e-mail filtering settings in Umail
Configuring Options for Umail How to configure various options and settings for use with Umail
Check Your Quota on Umail

How to Check Your Quota on Umail (and how to sort and delete large sized emails to stay within quota)
Location of idol (webmail) E-mail in Umail How to find idol (webmail) email in Umail
Tips On Reducing Your Quota

Tips and strategies on reducing the size of your mailbox on Umail

Outlook Web Access Guide General Outlook Web Access (Umail) documentation for students and faculty

Network Storage and Web Space

Using Network Storage - Windows XP How to access your network storage space using Windows XP
Using Network Storage with a MAC
(OS X 10.4 or higher)
How to access your network storage space using Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
Using Network Storage with a MAC
(OS X 10.2 or 10.3)
How to access your network storage space using Mac OS X 10.2 or 10.3
Using Web Space - Windows XP How to access your personal web space using Windows XP
Using Web Space with a MAC
(OS X 10.4 or higher)
How to access your personal web space using Mac OS X 10.4
Curricular Support Tip: Publishing with FrontPage How to publish to your personal web space using FrontPage
Curricular Support Tip: Publishing with Dreamweaver How to publish to your personal web space using Dreamweaver

Windows

VirusScan 8.5

How to install and configure VirusScan 8.5 for Windows 2000/XP

Secure Shell Installation How to install Secure Shell. Secure Shell provides secure network services such as Telnet and FTP
Secure Shell - Telnet How to use Secure Shell for Telnet applications
Secure Shell - FTP How to use Secure Shell for FTP applications

Macintosh (OS X)

McAfee VirusScan 8.5 for Intel-based Macs How to install and configure VirusScan 8.5 for Intel-based Macintosh Computers Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
McAfee Virex 7.7 (OS X 10.4 or higher) How to install and configure Virex 7.7 for Mac OS X 10.4 or higher
McAfee Virex 7.2 (OS X 10.1 or higher) How to install and configure Virex 7.2 for Mac OS X 10.1 or higher
Mac SSH Use How to use Mac OS X's built-in secure Telnet application
Mac SFTP Use How to use the secure FTP client to transfer files

Union College Wireless (OS X)

Windows XP Wireless Instructions How to connect to the Union College wireless network using Windows XP
Macintosh OS X Wireless Instructions How to connect to the Union College wireless network using Mac OS X

General Information and Resources

Computing Services Information A guide to Computing Services available at Union College
Computing Guidelines Union College's Acceptable Use Policy
Changing Your Umail Password Through the Web How to change your Umail password
Using Umail How to use Umail to check email
Blackboard 6 Essentials General information about using the Blackboard system at Union College
Blackboard Instructor's Manual Instructor's manual for Blackboard 6.3