[Benoit] Information students should know....

Information students should know....

Given the number of students that I converse with on a regular basis, and the 6000 emails that I receive each year (these are just the ones that I keep), I have decided on some "tips" that students should follow in order to avoid my spam filters and get a response.

All emails should be in plain text, all attachments in PDF (unless it is something that I need to edit).
Your emails should come from your Acadia account.
Your email program should be configured so that your name shows. I don't like getting emails with no name attached. So, any mail sent to me should look like:
From: Ronald MacDonald <1234567m@acadiau.ca>
not
From: <1234567m@acadiau.ca>
or
From: <iLoveXibit2kool@wootmail.ce>
You should include the course number in all emails that you are sending. Please put the course number in the subject line, in the format of [3753] or [4343]. This will help to avoid my spam filters and will make sure that I know the context of the question. If you are working on a 4th year project with me, then use the project course number.
Please do not send executables. .zip, .tar or .tgz files are fine if you need to send compressed data. If you include .exe files inside of a .zip file, the Acadia spam filter will find it and I won't get your message.
Make sure that the clock on your computer is set properly. If your clock is hours slow, I may not see the message.