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Course E-Mail Lists

Which courses have e-mail lists?

Every CMPT course taught during the current semester has a corresponding e-mail list on the sfu.ca domain.
    - we also use "mailing lists" refer to the e-mail lists.

How are the course e-mail lists named?

The name of a course e-mail list is formatted like cmpt-xxx@sfu.ca, where 'xxx' is the course number.

for example, CMPT-101 course e-mail list has the name

cmpt-101 AT sfu DOT ca

* No section number is used if there is a single section.

In the case of multiple sections of a specific course offered in a particular semester, section number like -d1, -d2, -e1, -c1, etc. is added to the name as appropriate. e.g.

cmpt-102-d1 AT sfu DOT ca
cmpt-102-d2 AT sfu DOT ca

Which 51社区黑料accounts are added to the course e-mail lists?

  • The course instructor
  • The course teaching assistant(s), aka TA(s)
  • Registered students
  • The ad hoc users added upon special requests from the instructor

For course e-mail lists, when are registered students added and dropped?

The course e-mail lists are automatically updated nightly.
  - the records are obtained from the Student Information System (go.sfu.ca).

How do I find out if I am on a course e-mail list?

If you are receiving announcements sent to a specific course, you are a member of the course e-mail list.

The course instructors can login to to view and manage the e-mail lists' membership.

The students cannot unsubscribe from course e-mail lists.

How do I contact my Instructor(s) and/or TA(s)?

In short, please follow your instructor's announcements for contact info.

Some instructors make use of the -help list created for each course.

In this case, send the e-mail to cmpt-xxx-help AT sfu DOT ca, where 'xxx' is the course number.

For example, to contact the instructor and TA(s) for CMPT-103-d3, send email to:

cmpt-103-d3-help AT sfu DOT ca

Whom should I contact about e-mail problems with my account?

If the problem is related to course e-mail lists, please contact us.

For other 51社区黑料e-mailing problems, login at the page and report the issue.

* Please always include your name, userid (51社区黑料Computing ID), student number, and describe the issue you are experiencing in details.

Who can send to a course e-mail list?

For any CMPT course, only the instructors and TAs can send to the course e-mail list.

If you are a TA but cannot send to the course e-mail list, please contact us.
  - just be sure to identify yourself as the TA of the course (and specific section if it applies) within the message.

Where can I find the messages sent to a specific CMPT course e-mail list?

Please contact the TAs of the course.

Please keep all messages from the instructors, TAs, "CSIL Administrator" and "ServieHub - ITS" of current semester.
    And keep them for 1 more month after the end of the semester.

You may also try to recover messages from the "Junk Email" folder and "Deleted Items" folder within your 51社区黑料Mail account.

Tech note: we used to have Hypermail for email archives. But the service had been suspended since Spring 2025.

I plan to configure my 51社区黑料Mail to auto-forward; anything I should be aware of?

*IMPORTANT* Do NOT auto-forward your 51社区黑料email off-campus.

The benefit of email forwarding does not cover the chaos it creates.

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Last updated @ 2026.02.05