To access GWMail for Students and Alumni, go to http://mail.gwmail.gwu.edu/

Viewing and Managing Your Account

Use the Options tab to view account information and to choose options to manage your account.

• Account Summary
• Personal Information
• Settings
• Appearance
• Account Management Console

Account Summary

On the Options tab, click Account Summary. The account summary gives you the following information about your account:

• Email Addresses: lists accounts that are set up to receive mail.
• Name: Your name as it appears on outgoing messages. For example, John Smith.
• Additional Information: Provides a reference on how to get additional information on your GWMail account.

Personal Information

Use this form to change your personal account information.

1. Click the Options tab.
2. Click the Personal Information box on the left panel.

• Signature
• vCard

Signature

To customize the signature that will be included at the bottom of each message you write, click the checkbox next to "Include this text in each message you compose" to insert a checkmark. Enter your preferred sign-off in the field.

vCard

An address book entry, or vCard, stores your name, postal address, email address, phone number, and other information. You can create a personal vCard for yourself that you can attach to your outgoing mail messages.

To create a vCard, click the checkbox next to "Attach vCard to message" to insert a checkmark.

Enter personal information in the fields.

Save Changes/Reset

When you are finished entering changes on the Personal settings, click Save.

If you make changes and decide not to save them, click Reset. When you do, the page is refreshed back to the original information.

Settings

To change your settings:

1. Click the Options Tab.
2. Click the Settings box on the left panel. You can customize the following settings:
• Deleting Mail
• Spell Check
• Sent Messages
• Message Drafts
• Reply Quoting

Deleting Mail

You have two delete options:

You can choose "Move deleted message to", which requires you to select a folder from the drop-down list, or you can "Mark messages deleted".

• To move deleted messages to the Trash folder, click the radio button next to "Move delete messages to Trash". Setting this option ensures that when messages are erased a backup copy is saved in the trash. This option allows you to select Empty folder on logout, which empties your Trash folder after logging out. If this option is not set, you should periodically delete your Trash for maximum server performance.
• If you "Mark messages deleted", messages are still active, but marked with an X. When you click Expunge, the messages that are marked for deletion are permanently removed without saving a backup copy.

Spell Check

When you select this option, messages you compose are automatically spell checked after you click Send.

Sent Messages

This option lets you save a copy of every message you send to a specific folder. To choose a folder, use the drop-down list.

Message Drafts

This option lets you choose a folder in which you want drafts saved. Use the drop-down list to select a folder.

Reply Quoting

This option lets you automatically include the text of a message to which you are replying.

Save Changes/Reset

When you are finished entering changes on the Personal settings, click Save.

If you make changes and decide not to save them, click Reset. When you do, the page is refreshed to the original information.

Appearance

1. Click the Options tab.
2. Click the Appearance box on the left panel. You can customize the appearance of your mail account by changing the following:
• The Toolbar
• The Display Font
• Message List View

The Toolbar

To customize toolbars, click the button next to one of the following:

• Show icons and text.
• Show icons only.
• Show text only.

The Display Font

You can customize the font face and font size used in messages. Choose what you want from the drop-down lists.

Message List View

You can set the number of messages to show per page, and you can sort the messages in ascending or decending order.

Account Management Console - https://amc.gwu.edu/

The link to the account management console is provided so that you can use the standard account management console to change your password, set-up mail forwarding, set a vacation message, or check your disk usage.

Viewing the Navigation Path

Use the navigation aid beneath the tabs panel (Folders, Inbox, Sent Mail, Trash, Drafts, Addresses and Options tabs) to view the history of options selected so far. The navigation aid displays the path traversed by you within a folder, selected from the "Select Folders" drop-down list. You can revisit a previously visited folder by clicking on a link in the path.