@lazyvar@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish • 2 years agoWhen IT insists on autogenerated email addresses…lemmy.worldimagemessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down11cross-posted to: programmerhumor@lemmy.mllemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
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minus-square@olympicyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoFirstInitial LastName is common format. I knew someone named Aaron Ryan who got stuck with the email address “aryan@company.com”.
minus-square@joby@programming.devlinkfedilink0•2 years agoThankfully, a.ryan@example.com and aryan@example.com should be delivered to the same inbox.
minus-square@ramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilink2•2 years agoThere is no requirement to do so, although GMail’s adoption of this non-standard seems to have popularized the practice.
minus-square@joby@programming.devlinkfedilink1•2 years 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”.
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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