Email: Hermes Email and Saving Time Prerequisites
This course is aimed at people who are using Hermes (or other cam.ac.uk mail servers) and who want to manage and take control of their email because it is taking up too much of their time. It will cover valuable tips and techniques for managing email effectively. The practical part will be a mixture of Instructor led and self-paced exercises centred around Webmail Hermes and Mozilla Thunderbird.
- All current University members (departments and colleges)
- Further details regarding eligibility criteria are available
- Participants are expected to have basic computing skills
- Ideally participants should be familiar with one or more of the main mail user agents (Hermes Webmail, Mozilla Thunderbird), those totally new to email should come 15 minutes early (see note below).
Number of sessions: 1
# | Date | Time | Venue | Trainer | |
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1 | Thu 5 Feb 2015 09:30 - 12:30 | 09:30 - 12:30 | University Information Services, Roger Needham Building, Ely Training Room 2 | map | Adrian Stone |
- What you need to email
- Email Account types
- Best Practice and E-mail “etiquette”
- When you need to use Hermes Webmail:
- Avoiding repetitive tasks
- Vacation message
- Spam Control
- Block/Filtering
- Using Thunderbird & Gmai:
- Transfer emails to archive/backup
- Organisation of mailboxes
- Addressbooks/Mailing lists
- Help
Presentations, demonstrations and self-paced practicals.
Hermes Webmail
- The emphasis will be on using the Hermes mail server, although most of the concepts are applicable to using email in other contexts.
- Beginners to email are welcome to come and work through exercises under supervision (arriving 15 minutes beforehand is advisable).
One half day session
Booking / availability