Chem 334 - Fall 1999Organic Chemistry I
Dr. Carl C. Wamser
Chem 334 - Fall 1999
An e-mail discussion list (or list server) distributes e-mail to everyone on the list. Everyone in the class should sign up and will be a member of the list. (see below for sign-up instructions)
The discussion list will be called OCHEM-L for all three terms this year (Chem 334, 335 & 336).
Think of the Discussion List as open office hours, always available to drop off questions or comments to me or to your fellow students.
I also use it to post announcements like unexpected changes in the schedule, and you may use it to post requests like checking out whether anyone is interested in setting up a study group for a particular time or place.
1) Log on to your usual location for sending and receiving e-mail.
2) Send an e-mail to the ListServer at the following e-mail address:
majordomo@lists.pdx.edu
3) Leave the subject field blank. In the message field there should be only one line:
subscribe OCHEM-L your e-mail address
For example, when I signed on, I wrote:
subscribe OCHEM-LWamserC@pdx.edu
4) You should receive an e-mail message back very soon asking you to confirm that you do wish to be added; it's also the computer's way of checking that it really got your e-mail address right. Follow any instructions in the computer's message to you.
5) When you have something to send to the list the address is different:
to post to the List: OCHEM-L@lists.pdx.edu
To keep this straight, remember that "majordomo" is the name of the computer in charge and "OCHEM-L" is the name of our discussion list. Once you sign on, you shouldn't need to e-mail to "majordomo" again.
6) You can review e-mail postings to the list by going to
the web archive at
http://www.lists.pdx.edu/ochem-l/current/
to e-mail to Dr. Wamser: WamserC@pdx.edu
to post to the List: OCHEM-L@lists.pdx.edu
If your message is private or could only be of interest
to you, send an e-mail to me.
If your message could be of interest
to another member of the class, I strongly encourage you to post
it to the list. If it is a question for me, I will answer it on
the list, and everyone will have the benefit of your message,
and my answer. I encourage you to imagine that nearly anything
of interest to you as a student in this class probably is of interest
to someone else in the class.
Depending on the traffic on the discussion list and the nature
of the messages, I may not respond to all messages that appear
there. I encourage other class members to contribute answers,
even if I was the one asked the question.