You may use e-mail to communicate with your professors, other students, and friends and family.
Many professors distrubute course information or accept assignments via e-mail.
Even if you already have an e-mail account, you should get one from Dal so you will be included in class mailing lists. Wait a day or two after completing registration. Follow the instructions on the screen. You will be issued an e-mail username and asked to enter a password. The username will be created overnight.