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I am an admin at an institute and I need to create the staff email addresses. I am confused over which format to give. Some people use first and last name, and others use first name initial like johndoe@example.com or jdoe@example.com.
How do we decide on which format to use? What bases are email format decided on, and which appeal more in professionalism?
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I am an admin at an institute and I need to create the staff email addresses. I am confused over which format to give. Some people use first and last name, and others use first name initial like johndoe@example.com or jdoe@example.com.
How do we decide on which format to use? What bases are email format decided on, and which appeal more in professionalism?
email networking
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I wouldn't lock things in too much. I once had a doctor who ended up with the unfortunate e-mail address of kum@<institution> this way. (First name, last initial.)
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I am an admin at an institute and I need to create the staff email addresses. I am confused over which format to give. Some people use first and last name, and others use first name initial like johndoe@example.com or jdoe@example.com.
How do we decide on which format to use? What bases are email format decided on, and which appeal more in professionalism?
email networking
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This question already has an answer here:
What should a professional email address look like?
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I am an admin at an institute and I need to create the staff email addresses. I am confused over which format to give. Some people use first and last name, and others use first name initial like johndoe@example.com or jdoe@example.com.
How do we decide on which format to use? What bases are email format decided on, and which appeal more in professionalism?
This question already has an answer here:
What should a professional email address look like?
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email networking
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I wouldn't lock things in too much. I once had a doctor who ended up with the unfortunate e-mail address of kum@<institution> this way. (First name, last initial.)
– Loren Pechtel
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I wouldn't lock things in too much. I once had a doctor who ended up with the unfortunate e-mail address of kum@<institution> this way. (First name, last initial.)
– Loren Pechtel
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I wouldn't lock things in too much. I once had a doctor who ended up with the unfortunate e-mail address of kum@<institution> this way. (First name, last initial.)
– Loren Pechtel
Feb 6 '14 at 19:02
I wouldn't lock things in too much. I once had a doctor who ended up with the unfortunate e-mail address of kum@<institution> this way. (First name, last initial.)
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The shorter the email addresses, the easier they are to remember and the less likely do typos become. So you should keep them as short as possible.
But on the other hand, short names lead to collisions. When you have a Jack Smith and a Jacqueline Smith at your company, only one of them can be jsmith@example.com. And whoever gets that address will get mail intended for the other person from time to time, because your business partners will assume that all of your mail addresses use the same schema.
In the end it depends on the size of your organization. The smaller the company, the shorter the names you can get away with without having too many collisions.
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+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
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The email address should be straightforward, meaning, it should contain the name of the employee.
If my name is Lester P. Nubla, here are the sample formats:
- lester.nubla@abc.com
- lpnubla@abc.com
- lnubla@abc.com
- l.nubla@abc.com
- Or the other way around (last name first before the given name)
You might want to consider the fact that there could be similar names, so you might want to include the middle initial.
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The shorter the email addresses, the easier they are to remember and the less likely do typos become. So you should keep them as short as possible.
But on the other hand, short names lead to collisions. When you have a Jack Smith and a Jacqueline Smith at your company, only one of them can be jsmith@example.com. And whoever gets that address will get mail intended for the other person from time to time, because your business partners will assume that all of your mail addresses use the same schema.
In the end it depends on the size of your organization. The smaller the company, the shorter the names you can get away with without having too many collisions.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:13
Philipp
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+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
– Carson63000
Feb 5 '14 at 22:20
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The shorter the email addresses, the easier they are to remember and the less likely do typos become. So you should keep them as short as possible.
But on the other hand, short names lead to collisions. When you have a Jack Smith and a Jacqueline Smith at your company, only one of them can be jsmith@example.com. And whoever gets that address will get mail intended for the other person from time to time, because your business partners will assume that all of your mail addresses use the same schema.
In the end it depends on the size of your organization. The smaller the company, the shorter the names you can get away with without having too many collisions.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:13
Philipp
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+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
– Carson63000
Feb 5 '14 at 22:20
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The shorter the email addresses, the easier they are to remember and the less likely do typos become. So you should keep them as short as possible.
But on the other hand, short names lead to collisions. When you have a Jack Smith and a Jacqueline Smith at your company, only one of them can be jsmith@example.com. And whoever gets that address will get mail intended for the other person from time to time, because your business partners will assume that all of your mail addresses use the same schema.
In the end it depends on the size of your organization. The smaller the company, the shorter the names you can get away with without having too many collisions.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:13
Philipp
20.3k34885
The shorter the email addresses, the easier they are to remember and the less likely do typos become. So you should keep them as short as possible.
But on the other hand, short names lead to collisions. When you have a Jack Smith and a Jacqueline Smith at your company, only one of them can be jsmith@example.com. And whoever gets that address will get mail intended for the other person from time to time, because your business partners will assume that all of your mail addresses use the same schema.
In the end it depends on the size of your organization. The smaller the company, the shorter the names you can get away with without having too many collisions.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:13
Philipp
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answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:13
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+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
– Carson63000
Feb 5 '14 at 22:20
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+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
– Carson63000
Feb 5 '14 at 22:20
+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
– Carson63000
Feb 5 '14 at 22:20
+1, exactly what I was going to say. Make the judgement between compactness and uniqueness based on the size of your organization.
– Carson63000
Feb 5 '14 at 22:20
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The email address should be straightforward, meaning, it should contain the name of the employee.
If my name is Lester P. Nubla, here are the sample formats:
- lester.nubla@abc.com
- lpnubla@abc.com
- lnubla@abc.com
- l.nubla@abc.com
- Or the other way around (last name first before the given name)
You might want to consider the fact that there could be similar names, so you might want to include the middle initial.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
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The email address should be straightforward, meaning, it should contain the name of the employee.
If my name is Lester P. Nubla, here are the sample formats:
- lester.nubla@abc.com
- lpnubla@abc.com
- lnubla@abc.com
- l.nubla@abc.com
- Or the other way around (last name first before the given name)
You might want to consider the fact that there could be similar names, so you might want to include the middle initial.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
585511
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up vote
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up vote
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The email address should be straightforward, meaning, it should contain the name of the employee.
If my name is Lester P. Nubla, here are the sample formats:
- lester.nubla@abc.com
- lpnubla@abc.com
- lnubla@abc.com
- l.nubla@abc.com
- Or the other way around (last name first before the given name)
You might want to consider the fact that there could be similar names, so you might want to include the middle initial.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
585511
The email address should be straightforward, meaning, it should contain the name of the employee.
If my name is Lester P. Nubla, here are the sample formats:
- lester.nubla@abc.com
- lpnubla@abc.com
- lnubla@abc.com
- l.nubla@abc.com
- Or the other way around (last name first before the given name)
You might want to consider the fact that there could be similar names, so you might want to include the middle initial.
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
585511
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
585511
answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
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answered Feb 5 '14 at 8:11
Lester Nubla
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I wouldn't lock things in too much. I once had a doctor who ended up with the unfortunate e-mail address of kum@<institution> this way. (First name, last initial.)
– Loren Pechtel
Feb 6 '14 at 19:02