Remote Web Access to UW Email Accounts
Faculty and Staff and Students: access UW Exchange personal email, calendar and contact information through UW's
Security and browser access to UW Exchange
email
NOTE: the UW Exchange web site uses 128-bit
encryption to ensure your personal information is secure. If the browser
you are using supports as low as 40-bit encryption you will be
allowed access to your email account through the UW Exchange web site.
However, UW Information Technology recommends that you use a browser
that supports 128-bit encryption.
Popular browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, indicate secure web pages with a 'closed padlock'
icon in the lower border of the browser window. The orange arrow below
points to an example of the icon in Internet Explorer. If the icon is
absent or an 'open padlock' is displayed, the Web page is not a secure
page.
In Internet Explorer, hold your pointer over the closed padlock and
the numeric level of encryption of the current web page will be
displayed. In Firefox clicking on the padlock will take you
to security information for the page.
You can check your current Internet Explorer browser's "cipher
strength" (supported encryption level) by clicking Help, About
Internet Explorer in the main menu bar.
Upgrading Your Browser
Microsoft Internet Explorer: find updates and upgrades by using your
computer's Start button and selecting the Windows Update icon, or go to
the Windows Update website (requires Internet Explorer browser).
Firefox: in the file menu go to Help, Check for updates...
