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Arts Accounts

Arts Digital maintains discipline-specific infrastructure for the Faculty of Arts. Generic services such as Exchange email are supplied by University ICT. The AD services include:

  • Web Services
  • Information systems
  • Multimedia and Podcasting Services
  • File Storage (Aristotle)
  • FileMaker
  • Wiki
  • Conference Manager

If you are staff or a postgraduate student looking for storage space on our server, you'll be happy to know that storage space comes with your Arts email login. If you do not have an arts email address, please read on.

FAQ

How do I obtain an Arts account?

Computer accounts with the faculty of arts are available to faculty staff members and postgraduate students only. (All students and staff of the university are given an university email account, please see the ITAssist website for assistance).

To set up an Arts email account, please download the application form:

How do I access my email while away from the university?

Faculty of Arts staff who are using Exchange can access their email from MCS Web Access

For staff who have remained on Arts' Horde Webmail server, it can be accessed via Arts Horde.

How do I set up a vacation message and/or forwarding?

Faculty of Arts staff who are using Exchange can setup vacation and out-of-office messages from MCS Web Access. Guides are published on IT Assist's website, alternatively call Helpdesk.

For staff who have remained on Arts' E-mail server:

Faculty of Arts email provides an automatic reply system to be used whilst away from the University.

You may wish to read your emails or forward your email messages to another account.

The address for the file-forwarding and autoreply system is http://horde.arts.usyd.edu.au/

The address is accessible from anywhere in the world so you can change forwarding arrangements even when you are on the road. You'll need:

Your Arts username and your password, the same one you use on campus with appropriate capitalisation The address you want to forward you mail to - arrange this with the other account-holder before you set this - if you want to forward. Do not forward to an account which already has forwarding in place Text for the auto-response QuickHints Forwarding all your mail? Enter an address in the address box at the bottom of the web-page. Check the box if you want to retain messages in your account for when you return. Adding an auto-response? Compose the response - it will go to all senders. Turn forwarding on (put an address in the address box) if required Turn Vacation feature on. Apply these values to save the changes you've made When you return To stop forwarding all your mail - remove the address your mail has been forwarded to. To stop auto-response messages - turn Vacation feature Off To save any changes - click Apply these values

Further technical information on Arts Email is available on the Arts Digital WIKI