lazyvar@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoWhen IT insists on autogenerated email addresses…lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1620arrow-down143cross-posted to: programmerhumorlemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
arrow-up1577arrow-down1imageWhen IT insists on autogenerated email addresses…lemmy.worldlazyvar@programming.dev to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square27fedilinkcross-posted to: programmerhumorlemmyshitpost@lemmy.world
minus-square001100 010010@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·1 year agoCEO gets “randomly assigned” the name of a ww2 German politician… 💀
minus-squarePoorlyWrittenPapyrus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-21 year agoHibert Tlerston never stood a chance
minus-squarem-p{3}@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 year agoAnd that poor receptionist, Penelope Nisbet
minus-squaresamus7070@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoA place I worked at actually did this to a person named Diane Cupps.
minus-squareBumblefumble@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoAh yes, the famous Nazi leader Hidler.
minus-squareolympicyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 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-up1·1 year agoJust one dot dividing the name would make it a lot better
minus-squarejoby@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoThankfully, a.ryan@example.com and aryan@example.com should be delivered to the same inbox.
minus-squareramjambamalam@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 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-up2arrow-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
CEO gets “randomly assigned” the name of a ww2 German politician… 💀
Hibert Tlerston never stood a chance
And that poor receptionist, Penelope Nisbet
A place I worked at actually did this to a person named Diane Cupps.
Hideo Lerch
Ah yes, the famous Nazi leader Hidler.
It would be “hiler”
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