I have created a course broadcast email address, 677vip@cs.umass.edu, for use by course participants. I plan to send all course related announcements (e.g., clarifications of homework or programming assignments, questions/answers of general interest, job opportunities, etc) to the list members. All the students will be added to this list automatically. Please note that whenever you send email to 677vip@cs.umass.edu, your email message will be broadcast to the entire class, so use the address carefully. A question/comment or some information you want to share with the class would be an appropriate email to send to 677vip@cs.umass.edu. A request for a due date extension would not be appropriate (Nobody wants to hear your request nor do you want them to hear it!). Personal (i.e., one-to-one) e-mail to the instructor can be sent to shenoy@cs.umass.edu, as always.