University Computer Help Desk

Checking email in Windows Mail

Check your university email account with Windows Mail on Windows Vista.

To check your university email account using Windows Mail on Windows Vista, do the following:

  1. Open Windows Mail and click on the Send/Receive icon.
  2. Enter your password if prompted.
  3. New messages will be received and downloaded to your Inbox.
  4. Open your Inbox to view your email.

Off-campus users: To check your email from off campus, you need to first establish a VPN connection using either the Cisco VPN Client or Network Connect in WebVPN. If you check email primarily from off campus, you can configure Windows Mail with MailVPN settings. This allows you to check and send email without the need for an independent VPN connection.


Here are a few tips:

  • Unread messages appear in bold.
  • Click once on an email message to view its contents in the preview pane.
  • Double-click on an email message to read it in a new window.
  • Click a column header to sort your messages (for example, click the top of the Sender column to sort your messages alphabetically by sender).
  • Use the search box in the upper-right (above the message list) to quickly locate an email message. Type all or part the subject or sender in the box and hit Enter. This is useful when working with large mailboxes if you want to find a message from a particular person or with a certain subject.

Article Information

  • Article ID: 1224
  • Last Review: Oct 22, 2009
  • Type: Instructions

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