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General
Terminology
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Portal
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- A portal
consists of web pages that act as a starting point for using the Web or
web-based services such as email, calendars, message boards, channels, and
chat. The portal acts as a gateway to many different pieces of content
that you use on a daily basis.
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Channel
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- Channels
provide at-a-glance information with the ability to click through to
expanded content or web resources. Some typical channels that you may see
include the number of appointments on your calendar, fragments of personal
announcements you have been sent, bookmarks, links to other online
resources at WSU, etc.
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Browser
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- An Internet
Browser interprets HTML, the programming language of the Internet, into
the words and graphics that you see when viewing a web page. Example:
Internet Explorer, Netscape, Mozilla.
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Email Terminology |
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Email |
- WINGS
provides a full-scale email application that allows you to access your
email from any computer with internet access on or off campus.
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BCC
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- Blind Carbon
Copy is used to copy email messages to individuals without advertising
their names to other recipients.
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Block
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- Block is
used to set the mail system to automatically delete or send messages from
predefined addresses to the trash.
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CC
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- Carbon Copy
is used to send a copy of an email message to individuals other than
primary recipients.
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Contact |
- A person
whose information is maintained in your address book.
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Filter |
- A mechanism
that allows you to define criteria (filters) that tell the system to route
certain types of messages to special destination folders.
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IMAP Account |
- IMAP is the
Internet Message Access Protocol and is the most widely used type of mail
account on the Internet. IMAP is centered on the notion that the server is
your primary mail repository. Unless intentionally downloaded or deleted,
messages are always retained on the server and as such, are accessible
from multiple locations. WINGS allows you to retrieve email messages sent
to you from other systems, such as your home Internet Service Provider
(ISP).
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Read
Receipts |
- A mechanism
that allows you to get an indication of whether the message recipient
opened and read a message that you have sent.
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Signature
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- Preformatted
text that can be attached as a signature to a message that you send.
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Subscribe
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- If you are
accessing another mail account through WINGS, you may not see all of the
folders that you are accustomed to seeing. If the system uses IMAP as its
mail protocol, you may have to subscribe to the folders that it contains
in order to see them through the WINGS application. This can be done by
clicking on the account folder and clicking the Subscribe link located
above the folder view.
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Calendar Terminology
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Calendar Set |
- Integrated
view of more than one calendar. Each calendar set can have a separate
name, different privacy settings, and different option settings. One thing
to remember is that a calendar set can not be subscribed to, it is simply
a view.
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Event |
- Any
scheduled item that you put in your calendar.
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Invite
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- You can
invite people to your event in three ways: entering the attendees directly
into the input box, using the User Search Tool to find the calendar IDs,
or using the Quick Invite feature.
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Repeating Event
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- An event
that repeats over time in a specific pattern. Once you have scheduled a
repeating event, you can not change it to be non-repeating. You can only
delete unwanted occurrences, or delete the whole event and start over.
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Task |
- A single
item that you need to do, often by a specific time.
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Group
Studio Terminology
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Group Studio |
- With Group
Studio, you can request the creation of online groups for clubs,
affiliations, or interests and set up homepages for these groups.
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Public
Groups |
- Public
groups are open for anyone to join.
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Restricted
Groups |
- Membership
in restricted groups is subject to certain criteria. For example, to
access a group homepage for an academic or social organization, an
individual must first be accepted as a member of that organization.
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Hidden
Groups |
- Hidden
groups are not displayed in the group category index and do not have a
guest view page. Hidden groups are typically used to publish and discuss
sensitive information that should not be available even in a restricted
group.
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System
Requirements
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Netscape |
- Windows:
Version 7
- Macintosh:
Version 4.7x (OS 9 & 10)
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Internet
Explorer |
- Windows:
Version 5.5 SP2, 6.0 with latest security patch
- Macintosh:
Version 5.1.6 (OS 9), Version 5.2.2 (OS X)
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