# Email address ideas for common names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address-ideas-for-common-names/623375>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 28, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address-ideas-for-common-names/623375 "2012-05-28T20:54:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Lord\_Il\_Palazzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Il_Palazzo)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address-ideas-for-common-names/623375/21 "2012-06-07T19:06:10Z")

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I have a friend with a very common name who had the same problem. I believe he finally got [first name][last name][middle initial]@gmail.com to work. I’ve used [first initial][last name][home town or zip code]@domain.com before when I just wanted a secondary address; that might work.

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