In a recent post, "Email e-Learning-Using Email as a Course Management System, Christopher Phillips talks about using email to management the exigencies of an online course.
A good learning management system will use email for this purpose and a lot more. Learning management systems also have other features that can be used not only to manage the course, but promote it as well. See the previous links below on some posts I made back in October on the concept:
The Role of the Invitation in e-Learning
Dave Boggs
SyberWorks
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