MBX Instructions

All registered NMC students have an NMC e-mail account. Mail is accessible through any web browser (your web browser must support Javascript!) by pointing it to http://mbx.nmc.edu. Each time you try to access it through this address, you will be prompted for a userid and password; this is your NMCID and password. Just enter them into the appropriate fields and click "OK" or press the <Enter> key; your account will then be created by the system, and the e-mail window will open in your web browser as shown below.

Take some time to move your mouse cursor over the various icons; a small text box will appear that will explain what each icon represents, e.g., the cursor is shown over the "compose message" icon in the left-hand part of the mail window above. The system also provides a personal address book and calendar, both of which are accessible through the icons on the left-hand side.

If you have trouble figuring it out, please use the "help" file; the "help" icon is shown above being highlighted by a second cursor at the top of the window near the center.

All student e-mail addresses will take the form of "userid@mbx.nmc.edu" where the userid is the same as a student's on-campus network login. The userid consists of the first six letters of the student's last name followed by the first initial of their first name, e.g., Jan Doe's address will be "doej@mbx.nmc.edu." In the case of identical userids, additional accounts will have a number appended to the first six letters of their last name, e.g., Mark Smith's userid could be "smith07" depending on how many "smithm's" already existed. Mark's address would then be "smith07@mbx.nmc.edu."

Currently, there is no student directory in place which you can search to locate another student's address. You may, however, add addresses to your personal address book contained in this e-mail system.

There is a five megabyte (5 MB) storage limit to each mail account.

Accounts will be left in place during the summer semester. Students that do not return for fall semester will then have their accounts deleted soon after the beginning of fall semester. Fall semester students that do not register for spring semester will have their accounts deleted one month after the end of fall semester.

Forwarding E-mail

• click on the "Options" button (it is the button at the top of the window that has a couple of red check marks on it);
• select "Mailbox Management";
• in the "Forward All New Messages" section, activate the option by clicking yes;
  • for "Keep Copy," click no;
  • put the new address in the "Forward To" block;
  • click "Save."

Mass Emails to Students

Your MBX email account will be the source of most official college communications. If you do not have a computer or Internet service, you may use the computers at NMC or most public libraries to access your email. Please check your email often. Your MBX email is set to the preferred address in our student system.

The student e-mail service may be unavailable
Thursday nights from 10:00 PM to 7:00 AM for system maintenance.

For critical problems with student e-mail or network accounts, contact Systems & LAN Management.