# Company email address format **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 6, 2004, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022 "2004-01-06T15:51:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/21 "2004-01-07T02:30:58Z")
I have two email addresses I am mainly in charge of where I work. First one is: _Company Name_(somewhatabbreviated)_@ourISP.net._ The other is: _My First initial lastname_(with a D added on…I always do this)_@ourISP.net._ I also thought up the very boring email addresses of everyone else because I have to keep up with them. No one else seems to. (sigh) I’m already an email “hacker/cracker” because I have to be. Good thing I thought up the passwords, as well. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/22 "2004-01-07T02:33:24Z")
_[firstname\_lastname@companyname.com](mailto:firstname_lastname@companyname.com)_ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/23 "2004-01-07T03:35:04Z")
_[name-you-are-known-by.lastname@publiccorp.com](mailto:name-you-are-known-by.lastname@publiccorp.com)_ as we’ve several who go by their middle names. ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/24 "2004-01-07T05:48:51Z")
_[firstinitialfirstfivelettersoflastnamenumber@companyname.com](mailto:firstinitialfirstfivelettersoflastnamenumber@companyname.com)_ The naming convention is a handmedown from an ancient pre-internet computer network. The company decided it would be easier to have everyone keep their original login names. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/25 "2004-01-07T08:09:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Uvula Donor \* > \*\*_[firstinitialfirstfivelettersoflastnamenumber@companyname.com](mailto:firstinitialfirstfivelettersoflastnamenumber@companyname.com)_ > > The naming convention is a handmedown from an ancient pre-internet computer network. The company decided it would be easier to have everyone keep their original login names. \*\* But what if your surname is only four letters long!! :eek: Grim ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 9:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/26 "2004-01-07T09:03:06Z")
[Lastname.Firstnameinitial.Number@companyinitials.com](mailto:Lastname.Firstnameinitial.Number@companyinitials.com) That actually works out to 21 characters, including the @ and the . You can request changes if your last name is large enough, or if your number count is too high, of course, you’d better do that the first week, afterwards, you’re a gonner. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/27 "2004-01-07T11:39:43Z")
_lastnameinitialsoffirstandmiddlenames@commandname.navy.mil_ When there are several people with the same last name and first two initials (or only one initial) I think they’re assigned numbers after the first initial. ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/28 "2004-01-07T11:43:13Z")
[fname.lname@abrreviatedcompanyname.co.uk](mailto:fname.lname@abrreviatedcompanyname.co.uk) ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/29 "2004-01-07T13:11:45Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Uvula Donor_ > [firstinitialfirstfivelettersoflastnamenumber@companyname.com](mailto:firstinitialfirstfivelettersoflastnamenumber@companyname.com) > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by grimpixie \* > \*\*But what if your surname is only four letters long!! :eek: \*\* If your surname is five letters or shorter, you get to use your entire surname; Joe Smith, for example, could be JSMITH1. Or if there’s more than one Joe Smith, they would be JSMITH1, JSMITH2, etc. ---
**Author:** ![TheMusicMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@TheMusicMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMusicMan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/30 "2004-01-07T14:58:38Z")
The company standard is _[firstname.lastname@companyname.com](mailto:firstname.lastname@companyname.com)_ \*\*BUT[/], (and here’s the cool part), I’m the email administrator for my company. I can make my email address whatever I want it to be … mwahahahaha … ---
**Author:** ![\_shaolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/9de053/32.png) [@\_shaolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_shaolin)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/31 "2004-01-07T15:11:29Z")
Well I can have _[whateverIdamnwelllike@companyname.co.uk](mailto:whateverIdamnwelllike@companyname.co.uk)_, which is nice, but into my inbox also comes _everythingpossiblethatisn’talreadyinuse@companyname.co.uk_, which means I have to spend 10 minutes every morning deleting spam. This costs the company more than a simple antispam solution would, but do they listen? Do they heck. ---
**Author:** ![electrozion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/85f322/32.png) [@electrozion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/electrozion)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/32 "2004-01-07T16:40:53Z")
mine is [firstname@thetinycompanyiworkfor.com](mailto:firstname@thetinycompanyiworkfor.com) - we’re only four people so noone gets confused with each other. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/33 "2004-01-07T17:21:09Z")
_[firstname.lastname@agency.gov](mailto:firstname.lastname@agency.gov)_ Not sure how they handle identical names for external email. ---
**Author:** ![Catfood\_Purrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Catfood\_Purrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catfood_Purrito)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/34 "2004-01-07T18:51:10Z")
Either _lastname.firstname@company.edu_ or _LANID@company.edu_ will reach me. ---
**Author:** ![MannyL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022/35 "2004-01-07T18:54:36Z")
I am [firstname.lastname@dol.state.nj.us](mailto:firstname.lastname@dol.state.nj.us) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/company-email-address-format/223022.md?page=1)