<p>Whats the difference between the "email malibox" and "email address"? Which one do ppl use if tehy wanna send me something?</p>
<p>The one that's your email is the one WITHOUT the server (casbah, hecky, lulu or the other one.) So.. people would address to the <a href="mailto:username@northwestern.edu">username@northwestern.edu</a></p>
<p>i activated my netid and got a hecky server. then i went to that directory.northwestern.edu site and tried my netid in the box and it said no matches were found...im so confused. why cant we just get normal e-mails. im confused</p>
<p>It is only confusing in the beginning. Your netid is the small one that's like "dsf437". You can search for your netid at <a href="http://directory.northwestern.edu/index.cgi?a=1%5B/url%5D">http://directory.northwestern.edu/index.cgi?a=1</a> and see if it shows up- just make sure you use the netid box. Similarly, try logging in to your mailserver to see if it works. </p>
<p>Your email is quite normal. It is <a href="mailto:initial-lastname@northwestern">initial-lastname@northwestern</a>. You can change the initial-lastname to whatever you want (I took out my hyphen because I don't like hyphens).</p>
<p>I went to me hecky account and there was a message giving me my @northwestern.edu e-mail address. My questions are: 1) How do I check this account, and 2) Where will important messages be sent? To the hecky account, or to the @northwestern.edu account?</p>
<p>1 & 2) You already did... the @northwestern.edu and the @hecky.it.northwestern.edu are the same account.</p>
<p>i'm sure this sounds stupid, but how do i check my email?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/webmail/%5B/url%5D">http://www.northwestern.edu/webmail/</a></p>
<p>Click on your server, then log in with your netid and password</p>