Cougarnet e-mail

The e-mail icon on the navigation bar provides access to your CSU e-mail account. You can compose, send and receive e-mail messages as well as move them into customizable folders. You can also set up personal address books and access external accounts from existing campus mail servers. To open your e-mail application, click on the e-mail icon. The Messenger Express interface will open in a separate window. Click on the message you wish to read. You can now read the message, print it, delete it, reply to it, or forward it to someone else.

CougarNet e-mail storage

Mail options

You will want to familiarize yourself with these options and set them according to your needs and preferences.

• Personal Information: This option allows you to customize your personal information to be included with a vCard or change the reply to address.
• Password: Please do not use this option.
• Settings: This option allows you to change various settings in your e-mail account.
• Appearance: This option allows you to set the number of messages displayed or sort messages by date.
• Vacation Message: This option allows you to set a vacation message.
• Delegated Administrator: This option allows you to set mail filters.

E-mail class

The e-mail link in the Course Tools section appears only to course instructors. It permits them to compose e-mail to be sent to members of their class, selected from a box populated automatically with all currently enrolled students. Faculty members have the option of sending a message to all students or selecting a subset of the group.

Quick reference guide (PDF)

For additional training materials, log into CougarNet and select the Help tab.