If you use an external internet service provider, then please make sure you have your SFU e-mail forwarded to your external account. You can also send e-mail to this list, provided you use your SFU computing account, or the account to which you forward your e-mail. All other e-mail will be rejected by the list.
If you wish to personally send me e-mail, please make sure you have "Math 252" somewhere in the subject header, otherwise your e-mail will be treated as "spam".
Why use a Web Conference instead of e-mail? The main reasons are those of storage and organization. All messages posted will be kept in a central location, stored by subject thread, where you can easily view the progression of a discussion. E-mail, on the other hand, fills the mailbox of everybody on the mailing list, even those who have no interest in it. Or you might think you have no interest in it, delete the message, and then realize later it was important but the message is gone.
The downside of a Web Conference is that a person has to actively check the conference site and many people just don't bother. Conversely, almost everybody reads their e-mail. Therefore, it is probably best to use e-mail if you have something urgent and important to say in a short message. If it's discussion which only a minority would be interested in, or a long-winded posting, then it's better to use the Web Conference.
If you registered for Math 252 after January 5th, 1999, your Assignment Lab Account will not have been created. For this, or any other problem using the Assignment Lab, please see Grant or Don in AQ 3143 (the blue door by the coffee place).