# My account and messages

## Review your account

Expand **My Account** and select **Account Settings**. Confirm the profile name. The inspected page contains **Directory Information**, **Academic Sections**, and **Labs**.

![Account profile and associated academic sections and labs](assets/screenshots/account.jpg)

Directory fields include first name, middle initial, last name, display name, and phone number. Lab and academic-section names are links to their respective records.

The page's **Edit Profile Details** link points to `https://localhost:5301/account/profile` in this local environment. It is a separate local service. Editing was not followed or tested. If that destination is unavailable, check the profile service configuration with the development team.

## Other account navigation

Observed navigation includes **Medical Surveillance**, **Animal Contact**, **Training**, and **Messages**, with additional profile links for **Chemical Safety Forms**, **My Jobs**, **Equipment**, **My Alerts**, and **Vaccination Records**.

Those labels establish entry points only. The contents, permissions, and workflows of health-related and job-related pages were not inspected. An account-specific Animal Contact setup reminder also appears on the captured home page.

## Read messages

The home page shows a Messages block with dated subjects and **View Entire Inbox**. Select a subject to open an individual message. The sidebar also offers **My Account → Messages**.

![Messages page with filtering and sorting controls](assets/screenshots/messages.jpg)

The inspected Messages page has filters for **Subject**, **Sender**, **Recipient**, **Message Type**, **Sent After**, and **Sent Before**. Its columns are **Subject**, **Sender**, **Recipient**, **Date Sent**, and **Message Type**, with sortable headings.

The captured page displayed **There are currently no messages to list**, although the home page had recent messages. This discrepancy is recorded as an environment observation. If you see it, clear filters and try the original home-page subject link. It does not prove that the messages were deleted.

Individual message contents, read/unread behavior, attachments, composing, delivery, and deletion were not inspected or tested.

## Notifications and signing out

The header contains **Notifications** and **User menu** controls. The sidebar's My Account section exposes **Log out**. The menu contents and logout outcome were not exercised because the authenticated session was needed for capture.

Related: [Getting started](getting-started.md), [Training](training.md), [Troubleshooting](troubleshooting.md).