Email name

Colleges & Universities University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I was originally going to do <a href=“mailto:FirstinitialLastname@berkeley.edu”>FirstinitialLastname@berkeley.edu</a><a href=“ie.%20%5Bemail%5Djsmith@berkeley.edu%5B/email%5D”>/email</a> but someone already took it. </p>

<p>Considering future employers, would it be bad to have some numbers in my email (ie. <a href=“mailto:jsmith09@berkeley.edu”>jsmith09@berkeley.edu</a>)?</p>

<p>Or would it be better just to do <a href=“mailto:Firstname.Lastname@berkeley.edu”>Firstname.Lastname@berkeley.edu</a> (ie. <a href=“mailto:john.smith@berkeley.edu”>john.smith@berkeley.edu</a></p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>just do</p>

<p><a href=“mailto:johnsmith@berkeley.edu”>johnsmith@berkeley.edu</a></p>

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<p>You can’t have more than 5 letters in a row. Kind of a strange rule…</p>

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<p>The five letters in a row is for passwords, not for email names.</p>

<p>I’d give it a try with first-initial, middle-initial, last-name. Or, maybe just the three letters of your initials.</p>

<p>I was lucky enough to be able to claim “mlu”. You might be able to do something of similar length.</p>

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<p>I don’t have a middle name :rolleyes:</p>

<p>I tried both initials but they were already taken.</p>

<p>My first name’s 8 letters and my last name’s 5 letters. I’m thinking that <a href=“mailto:firstname.lastname@berkeley.edu”>firstname.lastname@berkeley.edu</a> would be a little too long?</p>

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<p>what if you did lastname.firstinitial, like <a href=“mailto:Smith.J@berkeley.edu”>Smith.J@berkeley.edu</a>?</p>

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<p>Have you tried just your first name or last name?</p>

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<p>how come nobody likes <a href=“mailto:firstnamelastname@berkeley.edu”>firstnamelastname@berkeley.edu</a>?</p>

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<p>excelblue, yep, both were already taken.</p>

<p>Smallz3141, I was considering either that or that backwards -> <a href=“mailto:j.smith@berkeley.edu”>j.smith@berkeley.edu</a></p>

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<p>Or even… <a href=“mailto:JohnS@berkeley.edu”>JohnS@berkeley.edu</a></p>

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<p>Don’t worry, my name is pretty long too and I did the </p>

<p><a href=“mailto:lastname.firstname@Berkeley.edu”>lastname.firstname@Berkeley.edu</a> method</p>

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<p>“The five letters in a row is for passwords, not for email names.”</p>

<p>Doh.</p>

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<p>

Why would it…</p>

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<p>^ Unprofessional? <em>shrug</em></p>