E-Mail and Network Utilities

Phonebook Search

• U of I - Chicago
  • Look for a phone number or e-mail at U of I Chicago or a remote campus.
• U of I - Urbana-Champaign
  • Look for a phone number or e-mail at U of I Urbana-Champaign or a remote campus.

IP Phones

• User Phone Login
  • Change Speed Dials
  • Change Forwarding (Can do this from handset too)
  • Change password/PIN
  • Update Personal Phonebook
• User Voicemail Login

Email Utilities

• Create Account
  • Create a new email account at the university.  An i-card is needed.
• Email Diagnostics
  • Fix your e-mail when you get a message saying "Mail Lock Drop Busy" or "Your Mailbox has been Truncated".
• Set Vacation Message
  • This will automatically send a custom message to anyone who e-mails you while you are gone.
• Change Password
  • Then click on the button labeled "Use Existing Password to Reset Password".

• Phupdate
  • Forward your university e-mail to a different account (i.e. send UIC email directly to an AOL account).
• ListServe
  • Create a list
• UIC Announcements
  • Remove yourself from the list

Misc. Utilities

• Check your CAT Lab print balance - If a login screen pops up, you'll need to login with your full Novell username.
  • Students & Staff - netid.dmrc.peoria.com.vcaa.uic (substitute your login name for netid)
  • DBTS only - netid.dbts.peoria.com.vcaa.uic (substitute your login name for netid)
  • Alternate link - use if the link above is not working.

• Tools for Limited Audiences

• To the U of I Chicago campus

Internet

• Proxy Server Instructions
  • Get access to UIC databases (i.e. Ovid) using your own Internet Service Provider (ISP) (i.e. AOL).
• Create your own web pages
  • (Not supported by CIS)