Same thing. You should be able to find it on Outlook. If you don't have it set up, you may need to go over to NCC. Your supervisor should be able to point you in the right direction.
gimail is not the same as your military work email. It's a completely seperate web based email system. If you want to access your work email from home, get the OWA (Outlook Web Access) web address and make sure you're in the right groups to access OWA. You could also use VPN to connect to your bases network and access your work email that way.
just be aware that with OWA, some bases require an ID card reader to be able to check your email through OWA. My last base was that way, my curent base is not.
Also I dont know if reserve bases have websites, but some bases have the link on their page on where you can check your email. (for example, http://www.kadena.af.mil/ there is a link to "webmail" on the right column)
Originally posted by 13254158: so i cant check my email on a regular computer at home?
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just be aware that with OWA, some bases require an ID card reader to be able to check your email through OWA. My last base was that way, my curent base is not.
it's your base, do some research... as you can see, the replies show that some bases you can, others not. if you do find out that your base does require that you use a CAC login, you can get a card reader, i'm not too sure on any particulars pertaining to the kind of software you would need.
We aren't allowed to access from home. We have to log in with a CAC reader on base...and were specifically DISallowed from accessing via the web with a home CAC reader...restrictivity (is that a word?...well, it is now) varies from unit to unit.
...so the answer is...it depends. Ask your system admin. Your supervisor will know who that is. THe person who initially got your new CAC programmed (if that's been done yet) will either be the one, or will know who to send you to.
You can have outlook forward everything from your work computer to a gimail account, if your base doesn't have the web access to the exchange server. This could be inadvisable if your base is like mine, and O-4's and above CC the entire base every email.
Isn't that just a great example of inefficiency at work? CC'ing every email...so that it can always be said the YOU have been informed...didn't you read your email? "Sorry sir...it must have been email 4,587, and I've only gotten through to 4,574 so far...my bad..."
Unfortunately, that's also how much of the corporate world handles information dissemination. Makes you loathe your inbox.
I am actually glad we have not been able to check e-mail from home anymore. It gives you a lot more time to be at home, instead of thinking about work all the time.
Originally posted by AmnDecker: You can have outlook forward everything from your work computer to a gimail account, if your base doesn't have the web access to the exchange server. This could be inadvisable if your base is like mine, and O-4's and above CC the entire base every email.
More and more bases are not allowing forwarding unless it is to an address on that exchange server or to another .mil account (gimail is also excluded).
Originally posted by shawnpcrouch: I am actually glad we have not been able to check e-mail from home anymore. It gives you a lot more time to be at home, instead of thinking about work all the time.
I'm with you Shawn. If it is something really important then the sender can do what we all used to do: pick up the phone and call.
I'm with you Shawn. If it is something really important then the sender can do what we all used to do: pick up the phone and call.
i like the fact that since i'm on mids i sleep in the middle of the day, so i get calls all of the time to come into work or ask me something about work... i love the power button! hehe... it all can wait till the next day like everyone else!
anyways... when i'm at home, i'm at home... i don't want to think about work. are there jobs in the AF that are sooo pressing that one must check their work email from home? just an honest question... not trying to jump on anyone's case.
dubya, I think the vast majority of the AF doesn't have such a mission critical job that they need to be checking email all the time from home. There are times when it may be necessary if someone is waiting for a response for something important they are working on.
When I was on active duty, probably 90% of the times that I got called at home was for something that could wait until I reported for duty. The other 10% were recalls. I don't miss getting calls from my NCOIC about useless stuff while I was trying to sleep.
There are times when it may be necessary if someone is waiting for a response for something important they are working on.
true, i've been in that situation before, now that i think about.
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Originally posted by 13254158: dubya04 i am doing research, what better place to research than an air force forum, thats what its for
yes, but this kind of stuff is installation specific, so therefore, do some research at your base. heck, i could find out right now for you, but i don't believe in handing out answers that someone can so easily find the answer to themselves, so i'd rather lead that person in the direction to find the answers. savvy?
hehe... it all can wait till the next day like everyone else!
