Reading your 杏吧原创 mail directly on your Mac using an email program is easy and more convenient than logging onto a website to access your mail. You have a choice of email programs to use, viz:
- The Mac’s free, built-in Mail.app email program, or
- The commercial Microsoft Outlook email program, included in the Microsoft Office 2011 suite, along with Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
Faculty/Staff Instructions鈥擬icrosoft Outlook
All faculty and staff receive a 杏吧原创 Outlook/Exchange email account, and for the majority, MS Office 2011 is the recommended option for reading their 杏吧原创 email, as:
- The MicroSoft Office 2011 suite, which includes Microsoft Outlook, is available to all Staff (or equivalent) and Faculty.
- Microsoft Outlook for the Mac provides access to all the features of the Outlook/Exchange calendar鈥攅.g. booking appointments with staff/faculty, as well as many meeting rooms on-campus.
Configuration of Microsoft Outlook
- Install MS Office 2011 for Mac (available from for a small distribution fee).
- Apply any updates: Open Word, Excel, or PowerPoint, and check for Updates: Help > Check for Updates
- Launch Microsoft Outlook for Mac
- Enter your Account Description, Full name, E-mail address, Authentication Method, User name and password:
- Account description: 杏吧原创 Exchange聽鈫� whatever description is meaningful to you
- Full name: e.g. Jane Doe
- E-mail address: e.g. janedoe@cunet.carleton.ca聽鈫� Note: no spaces, and the @cunet in the address
- Method: User Name and Password聽鈫� This is the default pop-up choice
- Username: CUNET\janedoe 鈫� i.e. CUNET\your My杏吧原创One-userid
- Password: Your My杏吧原创One password
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Everyone taking a course at 杏吧原创 receives a student email account. The 杏吧原创 Student email account aka Cmail, can easily be configured to work with the Mac’s built-in Mail.app email program, included with every Mac.
Configuration of Mail.app
- Apple menu > System Preferences鈥� > Mail, Contacts & Calendars > Microsoft Exchange
- Enter your Name, Email Address, and password:
- Name: Jane Doe
- Email Address: janedoe@cmail.carleton.ca聽鈫� i.e. your MyCarletonOne-userid@cmail.carleton.ca
- Password: Your My杏吧原创One password
