Email+and+Webmail

Apple's Mail and Contacts Applications
The district uses Apple's Mail client for email and the Contacts application for the District Address directory. Employees with an email can be searched within email or searched within Contacts. If you have used other email applications, Outlook, Entourage, etc. you have the basic understanding of how to use email. Use the resources below to assist you with learning about Mail and Contacts. Use the Help feature in both applications to learn more about the basics of Mail and Contacts.

Changing your email password
If you need to change your password during the school year, please contact Susan Lockwood (slockwood@usd345.com) at the technology department.

Activity 1:
During this activity, we will work within Mail and familiarize yourself with features including:
 * Composing emails
 * Addressing emails (using the district address feature)
 * Adding attachments to a message
 * Send/Receive
 * Preference -- signature block setup

Email Groups
Teachers belong in district groups by school staff, grade level, K-6 (elemteachers), 7-8 (msteachers), 9-12 (hsteachers) and other group associations ie. librarians, etc. The district also has a district-wide group (all) for communications that are school related. An ads group is available for teachers/staff to send email about items for sale, rent opportunities, etc. (non-business related emails). PLEASE do not attached photos to ads emails, but have people that are interested ask for a photo to be sent. By default all new staff are enrolled in this group. If you do not want to be a member, email Susan Lockwood slockwood@usd345.com to remove you from the group.

Email Etiquette Review about using acceptable email etiquette when sending or replying to an email message. Remember your tone, facial expressions and body language are not interpreted in messages -- miscommunication can result.

Email Disclaimer -- the district asks all teachers/staff to add the following disclaimer to their email messages -- you will see similar ones on other school districts across the state and nation. Businesses, too, have a disclaimer they add to email messages. A good practice to get into when sending email messages.

**"This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the addressee named above and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, or copying is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by replying to this message by email."**

= Managing your Personal Contacts and Accessing District Contacts in Contacts =

Contacts serves as your address book and provides a flexible and convenient way to store contact information for family, friends and colleagues online. Because Contacts is integrated with Mail, iChat, and other applications, you can enter contact information once and have instant access to it from multiple applications. You enter contact information in Contacts cards and then customize the cards to include multiple address, telephone, and email fields. You can import existing contact information from other applications in a variety of formats. You can merge cards and create groups of contacts, including Smart Groups, that update themselves when a member's contact information changes.

Check out the "Help" tab in the Contacts application for additional assistance.
= OS X Yosemite 10.10 Address Book Support =

Click the link below for Apple's online support for Address Book. While this is a previous version of Contacts/Address Book, a lot of the information remains the same. 10.7 Address Book

**Logging into Seaman Webmail** Seaman provides an online portal to access webmail remotely if you do not have your computer with you. The URL is Seaman Webmail. Enter your user name (first initial (no space) last name) and your email password. You will be able to send and receive email messages. If you do not delete messages, they will download to your Mail application the next time you open it on your MacBook.