lazyvar@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoWhen IT insists on autogenerated email addresses…lemmy.worldimagemessage-square34fedilinkarrow-up1834arrow-down163cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.mllemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1771arrow-down1imageWhen IT insists on autogenerated email addresses…lemmy.worldlazyvar@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square34fedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.mllemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-squareolympicyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·1 year agoFirstInitial LastName is common format. I knew someone named Aaron Ryan who got stuck with the email address “aryan@company.com”.
minus-square001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoJust one dot dividing the name would make it a lot better
minus-squarejoby@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down9·1 year agoThankfully, a.ryan@example.com and aryan@example.com should be delivered to the same inbox.
minus-squareramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up36·1 year agoThere is no requirement to do so, although GMail’s adoption of this non-standard seems to have popularized the practice.
minus-squarejoby@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoI stand corrected. I haven’t used anything other than proton mail in a while and it works there. I thought it was part of the standard
FirstInitial LastName is common format. I knew someone named Aaron Ryan who got stuck with the email address “aryan@company.com”.
Just one dot dividing the name would make it a lot better
Thankfully, a.ryan@example.com and aryan@example.com should be delivered to the same inbox.
There is no requirement to do so, although GMail’s adoption of this non-standard seems to have popularized the practice.
I stand corrected. I haven’t used anything other than proton mail in a while and it works there. I thought it was part of the standard