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1998 Fools: Move to New Email System and Your Username
The Fooler writes: "As the postmaster, I produced this announcement for our staff. We were moving from Groupwise to Netscape at the time so it was timely and did catch many people (some at least until they saw the 'Jones' change)" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: 04/01/1998 07:37 am (Wednesday) From: POSTMASTER (System Admin) To: ALLSTAFF Subject: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT to ALL STAFF SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL STAFF ================================= SUBJECT: Move to New Email System and Your Username. Date: 1998/04/01 To avoid major conflicts and to facilitate the management of user accounts, when we begin with the planned move to the new email system starting within the next few weeks, the following renaming scheme has been instituted by the Internet Electronic Mail Services System Committee. ALL email Users, regardless of their current username, will have their email (login) names changed to reflect the new Internet standard on email namings based on the following plan: 1. All names shall be changed to the surname of SMITH. 2. To aid in sorting, names shall be placed as lastname (SMITH) first. 3. The users' first initial shall be used as the differentiating character. For example, ACollins becomes SMITHA 4. In case of initial duplication, a numeric qualifier shall be added to the names. For Example, ACollins becomes SMITHA1 and AHanna becomes SMITHA2 5. However, in light of the name restrictions on the UNIX mail server, all names shall be padded out to a standard length of 8 characters. For example, SMITHA1 becomes SMITHA01 and SMITHA2 becomes SMITHA02. 6. Where the name SMITH already exists in the name database, it shall be changed to the surname JONES with the naming convention shown above for SMITH similarily applicable to JONES. For example, JSmith becomes JONESJ01 as FSmith is actually J. Frederick Smith and thus he becomes JONESJ02. Please note that these changes are to become effective today April FIRST, 1998, and will take affect as new users are moved over to the new system. POSTMASTER
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