GroupWise Web Access

This page contains useful information for Drew University users who will access their Drew email by using WebAccess.

Read email | Find email | Send email | Rules and Out Of Office | Calendar 

WebAccess

The easiest way to access your Drew email off campus is by using WebAccess. WebAccess is a web-based client to GroupWise. You can get to WebAccess by going to:

• https://webaccess.drew.edu
  -or-
• http://www.drew.edu/home and click on the WebAccess link.

Clicking on these links will redirect you to the standard uLogin screen. Enter your uLogin and password to continue.

WebAccess looks and feels much like the GroupWise client. You'll have access to all your folders, address books and calendar items.

Read email

The title of each email item is a link. Simply click on the email item in the list; a new window will appear with the message body in it.

Find email

In the upper right-hand corner, type text in the text box, and click the Find button. Alternatively, click the magnifying glass to open a window with advanced search features.

Send email

Click the New... button to create a new email message.

Out of office Rule

One convenient use for Rules in GroupWise is the ability to set an Out of Office message.  When activated, a message is immediately sent to anyone who sends you an email informing them that you are not able to respond promptly.  In Webmail, you must turn this feature on and off manually, otherwise GroupWise will continue to send automated messages telling others that you are away.

If you forgot to enable your "Out of the office" rule you created before leaving on a business trip, or if you simply want to manage your other rules, click the Options link in the upper right hand corner of your screen.

The Options function allows you to personalize your Webmail account with a variety of features.  For creating, enabling and disabling Rules, click on the Rules tab.

Enabling a Rule in GroupWise Webmail can only turn the feature on or off.  If you want to set a rule to automatically activate and stop on specified dates, you will need to use the GroupWise Enterprise Client on your Drew-issued laptop or on a computer in a lab on campus to set more sophisticated rules.  Detailed instructions for using rules in the GroupWise Enterprise Client are available here.

Activating and Deactivating Rules in GroupWise Webmail

You will know whether or not a rule is activated because active rules have a check mark in the box next to their names.  To activate a rule:

1. Click the box next to the name of the rule so that a check mark appears
2. Click Save. 

You will know whether or not a rule is activated because active rules have a check mark in the box next to their names. To activate a rule: Click the box next to the name of the rule so that a check mark appears Click Save. Remember: If you activate a rule, it will continue to run until you come back to the Rules menu and turn it off again. To deactivate a rule: Click the box next to the name of the rule so that the check mark disappears Click Save.

Creating a Rule

If you did not create an "Out of the office" rule in the GroupWise Enterprise client on your laptop, you can create a simple rule in Webmail instead.

1. At the top of the Rules window, choose Vacation from the drop down list.
2. Click the Create button. This will create a reply to all messages you receive.
3. Name the rule Vacation.
4. Type in a brief subject and message.
5. Click the Save button.

View calendar

To view the calendar, click the Calendar tab  in left-hand side of the main WebAccess window. You can view all details about your appointments, accept and decline appointments, and create new appointments.  To learn more about using the GroupWise Calendar, go here.