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Use ULM WebMail for your class email

Receiving your tribe email

Using ULM WebMail is optional. You can continue to use your personal and most commonly used email if you follow the instructions by clicking here.

Tribe email is a little slow but has all the functions of most email utilities: Compose and Send, Reply, Delete, Attachment, etc.

However, it has the advantage of keeping all your class email completely separated from personal email. You can see at a glance what is happening in class this way.

Your Tribe Email account has a 2 MB storage limit, so keep the junk cleaned out of it by deleting regularly.

There are several possible ways to access your tribe email account:

Alternative 1: Go directly to the ULM webmail page

Go to http:www.ulm.edu and click on Email Access
Click on Faculty / Student / Staff Email
Fill in the fields with username and password

Username firstsixlettersofyourlastnamefirstandmiddleinitial
[All one word, lower-case; this is your tribe account username; may vary]

Password SSI #

(same as your Blackboard username and address)

Using the drop down menu, switch to Student email

Click Logon

Note: Your ULM Blackboard account is already setup to receive mail in your tribe mail account. To change this default address

log on to Blackboard and enter our class;
Click Student Tools > Personal Information > Edit Personal Information;
Find the field with the default email address in it and change it to the email address you prefer;
Click Submit

Alternative 2: Set up a new account using your tribe address <username@tribe.ulm.edu> in Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express.

Go to the Computing Center, Technology Support or call (318) 342-3333 for help with this method.

Using a third party email utility like Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook helps you organize your email. Outlook Express also works more quickly and avoids the space limitations of Tribe email.

However, it has the disadvantage of mixing together email from class and personal email.

You must use your tribe email address, whether you set your email up in a third party email utility or use Webmail, for receiving class email.

Sending email to the class

If you want to send email to an individual or a couple of fellows in class, Webmail or Outlook Express will work fine for you. However, you may occasionally be asked to send email to the whole class. In that case, you will want to use Blackboard's email utility:

Logon to Blackboard.ulm.edu
Click Communication, then Email
Choose your method of sending -- Select users, All users, etc.
Click Submit, fill in Subject field, write your text.
Click Submit

You can attach documents and graphics to these Blackboard emails using the the Attachment function under the text field.

Email etiquette

Always fill in the Subject Field with a short phrase that gives an indication of specific content. Don't, for instance, leave the subject field blank or fill it in with something vague like "Help!" or "Another one."
Always include the email to which you are responding in your email. This is usually automatic when you click reply, but check to make sure the message to which you are responding is below your new email. This helps the person to whom you are responding remember the context of the conversation.
Always begin with a greeting and end with your name
Always use both upper and lower case as in your usual writing. Writing in all caps is like yelling at someone in Email. Occasional use of all caps then becomes an effective tool for emphasis if not overused.

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