mpsb.us E-mail

Change password

Forward E-mail

Set Vacation Messages

Importing Address Book to Webmail

E-Mail

Your e-mail address is your first initial and last name (unless you have been told otherwise) @mpsb.us, for example John Smith’s would be jsmith@mpsb.us.  This Mail Administration System allows you to change your email password, set vacation messages, or forward email.  Follow the instructions below to change any of these.

Changing the E-mail Password

1. Click on the following URL:  https://email.nls.k12.la.us/mail/toaster.admin.

2. Put in your AccountName (part of your email address before the sign @), then your DomainName – mpsb.us and then the password.  If you have not been given the new password, ask your principal and click on Login.

3. Click on the "Modify User xxxxx" from the main menu where xxxxx is your AccountName such as jsmith. 

4. Enter the new password in the "New Password" field.
5. Enter the same new password in the "Verify" field.
6. Click on the "Modify User" button at the bottom of the screen.
7. A confirmation messages will be displayed to let you know if the password changes was successful.
8. Click "Main Menu" in the bottom right corner to return to the Main Menu and then click "Log Out" to exit.

The next two parts, Forwarding E-mail Messages and Auto-responding with a Vacation Message, are optional.

Forwarding E-mail Messages 

1. Click on the "Modify User xxxxx" from the main menu where xxxxx is the AccountName such as jsmith.

2. Select the "Forward" radio button at the "Routing" area near the middle of the page.

3. Enter an email address that your email messages will be forwarded to in the "Forward To:" field.

4. Click on the "Save a Copy" box to select a copy of the message that will be saved into your email account.  Otherwise a copy of the message won't be placed into your email account.

5. Click on the "Modify User" button at the bottom of the page.

6. Click "Main Menu" to return to the Main Menu and then click "Log Out" to exit.

If you wish to remove the forwarding email message feature, simply select the "Standard" radio button and click on the "Modify User" button at the bottom of the page.

Auto-responding with a Vacation Message

1. Click on the "Modify User xxxxx" from the main menu where xxxxx is the AccountName such as jsmith.

2. Select the "Vacation" radio button at the "Routing" area near the middle of the page.

3. Enter the desired subject line of your vacation messages in the "Vacation Subject:" field.

4. Then enter the full text of your desired vacation message (the automatic reply people will get when they send an email to your account) in the "Vacation Message:" field.

5. Click on the "Modify User" button at the bottom of the page.

6. Click "Main Menu" to return to the Main Menu and then click "Log Out" to exit.

If you wish to remove the auto-responding with a vacation message feature, simply select the "Standard" radio button and click on the "Modify User" button at the bottom of the page.

 

Checking E-mail

You can check your e-mail using Webmail, Outlook, or Outlook Express.  Netscape is not a good program to use.  If you have your e-mail set up in Outlook or Outlook Express, you can still use Webmail to check your e-mail from anywhere. 

Webmail

You can use our Webmail Client System to manage your e-mails from anywhere.  The URL is https://email.nls.k12.la.us/.   When you login, use your complete e-mail address, for example, xxxxx@mpsb.us. 

 

Install the CA Root Certificate of Nexus Systems as a Trusted Root Certificate

If your Internet Explorer or browser complains about the security certificate was issued by a company you have not chosen to trust, you may want to install the CA root certificate of Nexus Systems.  By doing so, you are telling your Internet Explorer or browser that you trust Nexus System as a Certificate Signing Authority.   

With your browser, point to the address of the certificate http://www.nexussustems.net/certificate/nexusca.cer and save the file on your PC.  Double click to open the file and the Certificate Installation wizard will start.  For more instructions on installing the certification click here . Because the certificate is self signed, Internet explorer will automatically install it in the Trusted Root Certificate Authority list.  You need only do this once. 

From now on, your Internet Explorer or browser won't complain and any Certificate signed with the root CA Certificate of Nexus Systems will be trusted too.

E-mail Client Configuration

The following links provide instructions to configure an email client to add or change an email account to retrieve mail from the mail server and send mail through the mail server.
1. Configure an email account for Microsoft Outlook
2. Configure an email account for Microsoft Outlook Express

Our mail servers use SpamAssassin and Razor to detect email spam.  SpamAssassin and Razor work together to scan email messages using a set of rules and distributed databases of spam and non-spam signatures, and then assign a score from 1 to 10.  If the score is higher than 6, the email message will be tagged as spam by adding the word "***SPAM***" into the mail subject line.  However if the score is higher than 9, the email message will not be delivered to the email client but will be quarantined by the mail server.

The following links provide instructions to configure an email client to filter out the mail messages that are tagged as spam.
1. Filter out spam messages for Microsoft Outlook
2. Filter out spam message for Microsoft Outlook Express

***Once you have added your mpsb.us account to Outlook or Outlook Express, make sure you have set it to be your default e-mail account.   If you do not do this, then your old e-mail address will be on all the e-mail you send.