Tales of E-mail For this issue of Lore, we asked for contributions that considered how we are negotiating the formal/informal boundaries that permeate communication in cyberspace. Respondents tackled this topic with two approaches: with essays that speak in general terms about the benefits and limitations of relying upon e-mail to communicate, and with more specific analyses of how e-mail is shaping and altering teacher-student dialogues. The essays we've collected indicate that there is much to say about this relatively new but already entrenched discursive arena.   I. Protocols of Style      Who Is Online?      Terri Palmer, Assistant Professor, York University, Toronto      Stop Shouting!      Beth Bir, Writing Center Director, Fayetteville State University      "NE1 Speak English Here?" IRC (Internet Relay Chat) English and Its Salient Features      Judith Rubanovsky, M.A. Candidate, Bar-Ilan University, Israel      Parallel Worlds      Francis Fritz, Director of the Writing Program, Ursinus College      Siting Humor: Toward a New Paradigm for Style in the Cyberworld      James A. Wren, Professor Emeritus, San Jose State University      Mom Isn't So Old-Fashioned After All: On E-mails and Letter Writing      Jeff Birkenstein, Assistant Professor, St. Martin's College   II. E-mail's Effect on Teacher-Student Communication      Eroding Boundaries in Faculty-Student Interaction: The Benefits and Challenges of Academic E-mail      Brenda Boudreau, Assistant Professor, McKendree College      Tami Eggleston, Associate Professor, McKendree College      Implications of Title in E-mail Signatures and Greetings      Michele M. Strano, Mellon Writing Fellow, Duke University      Subject: Graduate Assistant E-mail Anecdotes      Amy Branam, Ph.D. Candidate, Marquette University      Rebecca Parker, Ph.D. Candidate, Marquette University      More a Memo than a Letter: Student E-mail and the Technical Writing Course      James B. Kelley, Assistant Professor, Mississippi State University-Meridian      E-mail Persona      Michael Knievel, Assistant Professor, University of Wyoming      The Power of an E-mail Community      Ami H. King, Ph.D. Candidate, Arizona State University      The On-Call TA: E-mail Communication and Course Workloads      Jeff Shantz, Ph.D. Candidate, York University, Toronto      Keeping Records      Valerie Perry, Assistant Professor, Eureka College