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Currently, we have email addresses, such as the following addresses:
- designer@company.com
- operation1@company.com
- operation2@company.com
- bookings@operation.com
Should department addresses be something like design@company.com, or should they use the names of real people in that department, such as john@company.com or helen@company.com? Please explain why.
What would be better in a scenario where people leave the company, for example? What is the best way to represent department email addresses?
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
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Currently, we have email addresses, such as the following addresses:
- designer@company.com
- operation1@company.com
- operation2@company.com
- bookings@operation.com
Should department addresses be something like design@company.com, or should they use the names of real people in that department, such as john@company.com or helen@company.com? Please explain why.
What would be better in a scenario where people leave the company, for example? What is the best way to represent department email addresses?
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
jmort253♦
10.4k54376
asked Sep 3 '13 at 12:37
Herr
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Hi Herr, welcome to the Workplace SE! I edited your post to focus more on the important parts of your question and clarified the title so it focuses on explanations instead of just simply listing pros/cons. We strive to formulate questions so that answers explain why and how. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Sep 4 '13 at 1:35
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Hey @jmort253, thank you very much :) Although I gave my best to formulate a good question I really appreciate your time and effort to do so. Thank you!
– Herr
Sep 4 '13 at 4:56
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up vote
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Currently, we have email addresses, such as the following addresses:
- designer@company.com
- operation1@company.com
- operation2@company.com
- bookings@operation.com
Should department addresses be something like design@company.com, or should they use the names of real people in that department, such as john@company.com or helen@company.com? Please explain why.
What would be better in a scenario where people leave the company, for example? What is the best way to represent department email addresses?
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
jmort253♦
10.4k54376
asked Sep 3 '13 at 12:37
Herr
12316
Currently, we have email addresses, such as the following addresses:
- designer@company.com
- operation1@company.com
- operation2@company.com
- bookings@operation.com
Should department addresses be something like design@company.com, or should they use the names of real people in that department, such as john@company.com or helen@company.com? Please explain why.
What would be better in a scenario where people leave the company, for example? What is the best way to represent department email addresses?
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
jmort253♦
10.4k54376
asked Sep 3 '13 at 12:37
Herr
12316
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
jmort253♦
10.4k54376
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
jmort253♦
10.4k54376
edited Sep 4 '13 at 1:30
jmort253♦
10.4k54376
10.4k54376
asked Sep 3 '13 at 12:37
Herr
12316
asked Sep 3 '13 at 12:37
Herr
12316
asked Sep 3 '13 at 12:37
Herr
12316
12316
Hi Herr, welcome to the Workplace SE! I edited your post to focus more on the important parts of your question and clarified the title so it focuses on explanations instead of just simply listing pros/cons. We strive to formulate questions so that answers explain why and how. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Sep 4 '13 at 1:35
1
Hey @jmort253, thank you very much :) Although I gave my best to formulate a good question I really appreciate your time and effort to do so. Thank you!
– Herr
Sep 4 '13 at 4:56
add a comment |Â
Hi Herr, welcome to the Workplace SE! I edited your post to focus more on the important parts of your question and clarified the title so it focuses on explanations instead of just simply listing pros/cons. We strive to formulate questions so that answers explain why and how. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Sep 4 '13 at 1:35
1
Hey @jmort253, thank you very much :) Although I gave my best to formulate a good question I really appreciate your time and effort to do so. Thank you!
– Herr
Sep 4 '13 at 4:56
Hi Herr, welcome to the Workplace SE! I edited your post to focus more on the important parts of your question and clarified the title so it focuses on explanations instead of just simply listing pros/cons. We strive to formulate questions so that answers explain why and how. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Sep 4 '13 at 1:35
Hi Herr, welcome to the Workplace SE! I edited your post to focus more on the important parts of your question and clarified the title so it focuses on explanations instead of just simply listing pros/cons. We strive to formulate questions so that answers explain why and how. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Sep 4 '13 at 1:35
1
1
Hey @jmort253, thank you very much :) Although I gave my best to formulate a good question I really appreciate your time and effort to do so. Thank you!
– Herr
Sep 4 '13 at 4:56
Hey @jmort253, thank you very much :) Although I gave my best to formulate a good question I really appreciate your time and effort to do so. Thank you!
– Herr
Sep 4 '13 at 4:56
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How should a departments email addresses look like?
The answer depends on how you intend to use these departmental emails.
Many companies have departmental email lists like "Support@companyname.com" designed to forward the emails to everyone in the department (even if only a department of one). When an individual leaves, that person's individual email address is simply dropped from the email list and replaced with the individual email address of the replacement.
Sometimes, if the email address is used externally, and the company wishes to project a "friendly face", a fictitious name is used in the email. One company I worked for used something like "Sally@companyname.com" as an email alias for the Customer Support team mail list.
Almost every company also has individual email addresses.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
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The most common I see as well currently using in my current job is
department@company-uk.org
first.lastname@company-uk.org
receptionatlocation@company-uk.org
These are the main ones that are used constantly internal and external. Using the 2nd one is good per person as how many people have the exact same name.
By using a departmental address that everyone can access when someone is to leave they can leave a out of office message stating please email the shared email address where the remaining people can assist you.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
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Generally we do both. We use the general ones for things that we sent in an automated way such as emails from successful or failed databases imports or for things that we might want a group of people to have access to. Then we forward those to the individuals concerned. But everyone also has a direct personal email for the majority of the work where they need to be contacted directly.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
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Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
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3 Answers
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3 Answers
3
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oldest
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active
oldest
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active
oldest
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up vote
8
down vote
accepted
How should a departments email addresses look like?
The answer depends on how you intend to use these departmental emails.
Many companies have departmental email lists like "Support@companyname.com" designed to forward the emails to everyone in the department (even if only a department of one). When an individual leaves, that person's individual email address is simply dropped from the email list and replaced with the individual email address of the replacement.
Sometimes, if the email address is used externally, and the company wishes to project a "friendly face", a fictitious name is used in the email. One company I worked for used something like "Sally@companyname.com" as an email alias for the Customer Support team mail list.
Almost every company also has individual email addresses.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
How should a departments email addresses look like?
The answer depends on how you intend to use these departmental emails.
Many companies have departmental email lists like "Support@companyname.com" designed to forward the emails to everyone in the department (even if only a department of one). When an individual leaves, that person's individual email address is simply dropped from the email list and replaced with the individual email address of the replacement.
Sometimes, if the email address is used externally, and the company wishes to project a "friendly face", a fictitious name is used in the email. One company I worked for used something like "Sally@companyname.com" as an email alias for the Customer Support team mail list.
Almost every company also has individual email addresses.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
add a comment |Â
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
up vote
8
down vote
accepted
How should a departments email addresses look like?
The answer depends on how you intend to use these departmental emails.
Many companies have departmental email lists like "Support@companyname.com" designed to forward the emails to everyone in the department (even if only a department of one). When an individual leaves, that person's individual email address is simply dropped from the email list and replaced with the individual email address of the replacement.
Sometimes, if the email address is used externally, and the company wishes to project a "friendly face", a fictitious name is used in the email. One company I worked for used something like "Sally@companyname.com" as an email alias for the Customer Support team mail list.
Almost every company also has individual email addresses.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
How should a departments email addresses look like?
The answer depends on how you intend to use these departmental emails.
Many companies have departmental email lists like "Support@companyname.com" designed to forward the emails to everyone in the department (even if only a department of one). When an individual leaves, that person's individual email address is simply dropped from the email list and replaced with the individual email address of the replacement.
Sometimes, if the email address is used externally, and the company wishes to project a "friendly face", a fictitious name is used in the email. One company I worked for used something like "Sally@companyname.com" as an email alias for the Customer Support team mail list.
Almost every company also has individual email addresses.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
edited Sep 3 '13 at 13:22
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Joe Strazzere
224k107661930
224k107661930
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
add a comment |Â
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
hmm this looks like the right way
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
To add: And when someone leaves, forward the mail from his (her) email address to the person taking over his responsibilities. When that person replies, his from email adress is on the mail, so the old email adress will fade out gracefully.
– Jan Doggen
Sep 4 '13 at 9:23
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
The most common I see as well currently using in my current job is
department@company-uk.org
first.lastname@company-uk.org
receptionatlocation@company-uk.org
These are the main ones that are used constantly internal and external. Using the 2nd one is good per person as how many people have the exact same name.
By using a departmental address that everyone can access when someone is to leave they can leave a out of office message stating please email the shared email address where the remaining people can assist you.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
 |Â
show 3 more comments
up vote
1
down vote
The most common I see as well currently using in my current job is
department@company-uk.org
first.lastname@company-uk.org
receptionatlocation@company-uk.org
These are the main ones that are used constantly internal and external. Using the 2nd one is good per person as how many people have the exact same name.
By using a departmental address that everyone can access when someone is to leave they can leave a out of office message stating please email the shared email address where the remaining people can assist you.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
 |Â
show 3 more comments
up vote
1
down vote
up vote
1
down vote
The most common I see as well currently using in my current job is
department@company-uk.org
first.lastname@company-uk.org
receptionatlocation@company-uk.org
These are the main ones that are used constantly internal and external. Using the 2nd one is good per person as how many people have the exact same name.
By using a departmental address that everyone can access when someone is to leave they can leave a out of office message stating please email the shared email address where the remaining people can assist you.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
The most common I see as well currently using in my current job is
department@company-uk.org
first.lastname@company-uk.org
receptionatlocation@company-uk.org
These are the main ones that are used constantly internal and external. Using the 2nd one is good per person as how many people have the exact same name.
By using a departmental address that everyone can access when someone is to leave they can leave a out of office message stating please email the shared email address where the remaining people can assist you.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Michael Grubey
4,20432252
4,20432252
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
 |Â
show 3 more comments
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
Should there be a combination of 1 and 2?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:47
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
What if for example, you have 2 or more designers for the designer@ addresses?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Do you mean like michaelgrubeysoftwaredevelopment@company-uk.org? Thats a really long Email address..
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:49
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
@HerrK Every person has their own Email address and have seperate ones setup that people can have access to so shared mailboxes.
– Michael Grubey
Sep 3 '13 at 12:50
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
no not really. The current problem we are facing is, email accounts are created incrementally like designer1, designer2 & etc.
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:51
 |Â
show 3 more comments
up vote
0
down vote
Generally we do both. We use the general ones for things that we sent in an automated way such as emails from successful or failed databases imports or for things that we might want a group of people to have access to. Then we forward those to the individuals concerned. But everyone also has a direct personal email for the majority of the work where they need to be contacted directly.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
Generally we do both. We use the general ones for things that we sent in an automated way such as emails from successful or failed databases imports or for things that we might want a group of people to have access to. Then we forward those to the individuals concerned. But everyone also has a direct personal email for the majority of the work where they need to be contacted directly.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
add a comment |Â
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
Generally we do both. We use the general ones for things that we sent in an automated way such as emails from successful or failed databases imports or for things that we might want a group of people to have access to. Then we forward those to the individuals concerned. But everyone also has a direct personal email for the majority of the work where they need to be contacted directly.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
Generally we do both. We use the general ones for things that we sent in an automated way such as emails from successful or failed databases imports or for things that we might want a group of people to have access to. Then we forward those to the individuals concerned. But everyone also has a direct personal email for the majority of the work where they need to be contacted directly.
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
answered Sep 3 '13 at 12:42
HLGEM
133k25227489
133k25227489
Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
add a comment |Â
Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
Hmm pretty interesting. Are the more general accounts monitored by individuals too?
– Herr
Sep 3 '13 at 12:44
add a comment |Â
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Hi Herr, welcome to the Workplace SE! I edited your post to focus more on the important parts of your question and clarified the title so it focuses on explanations instead of just simply listing pros/cons. We strive to formulate questions so that answers explain why and how. Hope this helps! :)
– jmort253♦
Sep 4 '13 at 1:35
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Hey @jmort253, thank you very much :) Although I gave my best to formulate a good question I really appreciate your time and effort to do so. Thank you!
– Herr
Sep 4 '13 at 4:56