glock
April 22, 2008, 9:36pm
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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>
<p>just do</p>
<p><a href=“mailto:johnsmith@berkeley.edu ”>johnsmith@berkeley.edu</a></p>
<p>You can’t have more than 5 letters in a row. Kind of a strange rule…</p>
<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>
glock
April 23, 2008, 1:06am
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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>
<p>what if you did lastname.firstinitial, like <a href=“mailto:Smith.J@berkeley.edu ”>Smith.J@berkeley.edu</a>?</p>
<p>Have you tried just your first name or last name?</p>
<p>how come nobody likes <a href=“mailto:firstnamelastname@berkeley.edu ”>firstnamelastname@berkeley.edu</a>?</p>
glock
April 23, 2008, 1:21am
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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>
<p>Or even… <a href=“mailto:JohnS@berkeley.edu ”>JohnS@berkeley.edu</a></p>
<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>
<p>“The five letters in a row is for passwords, not for email names.”</p>
<p>Doh.</p>
glock
April 23, 2008, 6:12pm
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<p>^ Unprofessional? <em>shrug</em></p>