The best email address format? - Page 2

markwolk · 15 Dec 2013, 04:24 AM

c) register your own domain (ca $10 / yr)

jeffpan · 15 Dec 2013, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by markwolk

c) register your own domain (ca $10 / yr)

with the registrar gandi.net you got a domain with 15 usd per year with five mailboxes all have webmail/pop3/imap.

derekocean · 15 Dec 2013, 05:11 PM

Thanks for replying

Bamb0 · 14 Aug 2022, 11:52 AM

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Originally Posted by kijinbear

Or even john@doe.com, if that's available.

Yeah if you can manage that nothing better,but lastname.firstname@whatever is usually the most I see.....

TenFour · 17 Aug 2022, 07:50 PM

On the other hand, with the growing worries about online privacy and security many people might prefer to have an email address that isn't easily tied to who they are. Keep it as short and easy to type as possible, and hopefully it could be a word or some sound that is memorable. It really depends on what you are using it for. When applying for a job it is nice to have your name part of the email address, but on the other hand something that sounds clever to you might not look so clever to other people. Personally, I find addresses that include a name and then a number somewhat less impressive, but maybe that is just me. Still, it is difficult to get your actual name these days with major services, so maybe that is perfectly adequate: yourname6486@gmail.com. Just don't use a number that means anything to you, like your PIN code! For all-purpose daily use I like to have an address that is as short as possible and easy to type so that I can enter it quickly when typing it in and others typing it in are less likely to make a mistake. Some long, complicated personal name might be very hard to enter correctly.

15 Dec 2013, 04:24 AM	#16
markwolk Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posts: 346	c) register your own domain (ca $10 / yr)

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derekocean Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 14	Thanks for replying

17 Aug 2022, 07:50 PM	#20
TenFour Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 1,723	On the other hand, with the growing worries about online privacy and security many people might prefer to have an email address that isn't easily tied to who they are. Keep it as short and easy to type as possible, and hopefully it could be a word or some sound that is memorable. It really depends on what you are using it for. When applying for a job it is nice to have your name part of the email address, but on the other hand something that sounds clever to you might not look so clever to other people. Personally, I find addresses that include a name and then a number somewhat less impressive, but maybe that is just me. Still, it is difficult to get your actual name these days with major services, so maybe that is perfectly adequate: yourname6486@gmail.com. Just don't use a number that means anything to you, like your PIN code! For all-purpose daily use I like to have an address that is as short as possible and easy to type so that I can enter it quickly when typing it in and others typing it in are less likely to make a mistake. Some long, complicated personal name might be very hard to enter correctly.