Introduction: Floppy disks are too small for most of today’s modern file types. Zip disks are a step up, but suffer from the same problem that floppy disks suffer from: files can become unstable on them and weeks of work can be lost. What is a better solution to disks? Network file storage! And now, the University of Rochester provides 100MB of space for you to store your files, right on your mail.rochester.edu account. This document describes how to mount mail.rochester.edu as a network drive in Windows 98, so it will appear just like any other folder on your computer.

Step 1: Double click My Computer. Double click the Web Folders icon. Double click the Add Web Folder icon. This will start the Add Web Folder Wizard.

Step 2: The address to type in here is https://mail.rochester.edu/sslcgi-bin/file/access

Step 3: A new window will pop up in which you will be asked for your login information. Type in your mail.rochester.edu login for the User Name, and your password for the password. Click OK.

Note: Your files will become accessible to anyone who uses this computer! This is not a wise action on a public workstation! NEVER check the remember password box on a public workstation!

Step 4: In the box below, you will type in the name of the connection. It is a good idea to have "mail.rochester.edu" in the name you choose, so you are reminded that this folder is actually on the mail server, not your own computer. You can just select the given default and then click Finish.

The folder should now look like any other folder on your computer. A sample is pictured below.

To open this folder again after closing it, click My Computer, then click Web Folders and click the folder with the name that you chose back in Step 4.