ABOUT HYPERMAIL
A hypermail archive is a web site which contains a series of e-mail
messages from class members. You can search this archive by
date of posting (allows a professor to check who has completed an assignment
on time), by sender (useful for you or a professor to check if you have
completed all relevant assignments), and by subject or "thread" (allows
you to use the archive as a resource on a given topic or to follow a discussion
on a given "thread").
To post to the archive,
send mail to engl459-01@hypermail.calpoly.edu or click on the link
at left:
To access the archive,
point your Web browser to http://hypermail.calpoly.edu/engl/459-01/
or
click on the link at left.
Except as noted, results of Web Research assignments are sent to the
class hypermail archive. In order for this archive to be useful, be sure
that you ALWAYS complete the following steps.
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IMPORTANT: if you are working in a computer lab or on someone else's
computer, you will need to enter your name and e-mail address in
the "Mail Preferences" menu in order to be identified as the sender
of the e-mail. To do so: find the Preferences menu. On my old PC, it was
located at the top of the Netscape screen in a pull-down menu called "Options."
Select "Mail and News Preferences" and fill in your name and e-mail address
where indicated. On my new PC, it is located at the top of the Netscape
screen in a pull-down menu called "edit." Select "preferences" and then
"mail and newgroup" and then "identity" to get the relevant screen where
you fill in your name and e-mail address. IMPORTANT: after you've sent
in your reports, go back to the Preferences menu and remove your
name and e-mail address so the next person to use the computer
you are on won't send messages under your name! (You could get into
serious trouble if someone sent hate mail or illegal commercial solicitations
using your return address.)
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Once you have entered your name and e-mail address on the relevant Preferences
menu, open up an e-mail message (or click on the link below) to send an
e-mail report to the class Hypermail Archive.
On
the e-mail subject line, put the topic you have researched (a keyword
from or abbreviation of the title you are researching). This keyword
will be the first word on the subject line for all postings
to the Hypermail Archive concerning this work. The second word of
the subject line will indicate what your message contains, e.g. the source
you are reporting on ("MLA" for a report about items on your subject found
in the MLA Bibliography). For example, the subject line might read
"PR MLA" for a report of the results of MLA Bibliography searches on the
Prioress's Tale; "WB MLA" for an MLA bibliography search on the subject
"Wife of Bath"; or "NP MLA" for an MLA Bibliography search on the subject
"Nun's Priest's Tale."
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Be sure to enter your own e-mail address on the "Cc:" line so that
you will receive a copy of your report. This is important in case you need
to make corrections to the posting or to resend the report to the archive
or to Dr. Schwartz (you will have a dated copy of your work and will not
need to do the whole assignment again). It also ensures that you will be
able to get credit for completing the assignment in case you forget or
are not successful in getting Netscape Mail to identify you as the sender
of the message.
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Complete the assignment as directed and send it to the archive e-mail address:
<engl459-01@hypermail.calpoly.edu>
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If you are not using your own computer, be sure to return to the Preferences
Menu and REMOVE YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL ADDRESS so that the next person to
use the computer cannot send e-mail from your address.
You may return to this page and use the link provided to submit reports
to the class hypermail archive.
To post to
the archive, send mail to engl459-01@hypermail.calpoly.edu or
click on the link at left
To access the archive,
point your Web browser to http://hypermail.calpoly.edu/engl/459-01/
or
click on the link at left.