D.O.C.S.: Announcements

In D.O.C.S, campus announcements and personal announcements will expire within a couple of weeks, but if you have a lot of them and want to delete them, you can do it manually.

Click on the announcement. On the right-hand side of the announcement title, you will see a small trash can and Delete.  Click on Delete.

D.O.C.S. : Email

Note: This only applies to those who use D.O.C.S. to send and receive email Emptying the Trash Manually

Note: The trash can be set to empty each time you exit the email program by opening the Options link from within email, but if you notice that your trash folder is not being cleaned out, it may be because you are exiting the DOCS/Iplanet Messenger Express window by closing the browser window. It will not empty your Trash, because the server does not know that you logged out. Instead, exit the DOCS/Iplanet Messenger Express application by
clicking on the Logout link near the top right of the screen, then it
will empty your Trash.

When you are in your mail, click on Folders from the top menu bar

You will see something like the following:

Click on Empty Trash to delete the files in the trash. This simple step will help reduce the size of your mailbox.

 Organizing Files

You can organize email messages by creating folders and moving the messages into the folders.

A Flash video tutorial has been prepared to help you with organizing and using email.

Organizing Files You can organize email messages by creating folders and moving the messages into the folders.

A Flash video tutorial has been prepared to help you with organizing and using email.

D.O.C.S.: Calendar

Deleting One-Time Events

If you want to delete one time events on your calendar they must be deleted one by one. This is done by clicking on the red 'X' beside the appointment on your calendar or by opening the event and clicking on the Delete button at the bottom of the window.

Deleting Recurring Events

When deleting recurring events, you will see the following window:

If you want to only delete a single occurrence, click 'This One Only.' If you want to completely remove the event, click 'This and Future Ones.'