One of the nice features in WSS v3 and MOSS is the ability to have SharePoint automatically e-mail people when you assign them a task. One of the first things you have to do for this to work is assign your SMTP server to handle outbound e-mails for SharePoint. If you did not do this while installing SharePoint, you can do it now by going to the SharePoint 3.0 Central Administration page. Select the Application Management tab and then select E-mail Settings. Enter your e-mail server in the Outbound SMTP Server field and select OK.

Okay, we're half way there.

Open your SharePoint site and go to your Task page.

1.  From the Tasks page, select the down arrow beside Settings

2.  Select List Settings

3.  On the Customize Tasks page, select Advanced Settings

Check out the new site at www.codeplex.com. This is a new Microsoft Community site to allow developers from around the world to work together on new projects. Leading developers are also posting new applications, web parts, and tools here to promote the growth of .NET. While the site is mainly focused on ASP.NET 2.0, remember that the new WSS and SPS are built on ASP.NET 2.0, so many of the features can be used in your SharePoint sites.

Another neat feature is the ability to create or join a project. This gives you the chance to work with other developer (some of whom are very experienced developers) that you might never have the chance to work with or learn from otherwise.