The following assignment is intended to show you the basics of e-mail and listservs.

1. Subscribe to a commercial e-mail service (i.e. hotmail, yahoo) and send me an e-mail from this account.

2. Send me an e-mail through WebCT.

3. Obtain an account on cs.nmhu.edu and send me an e-mail from this account.

4. Send me an e-mail where you compare and contrast these three types of e-mail systems. Make sure to discuss the different servers and clients involved with each.

5. Find a listserv discussion group that interests you and subscribe to it. In your e-mail to me, identify what discussion group you subscribed to. (many listservs are described at tile.net

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