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I find even having a .org email address to be a pain when stores/customer service/similar ask for it. They're expecting a .com or .co.uk on the end, I find, and

I find even having a .org email address to be a pain when stores/customer service/similar ask for it. They're expecting a .com or .co.uk on the end, I find, and I have to clarify what I said was right. Tempted to get a separate "easier" address to forward on :-)

justinlardinois 10y ago
Hell, even using an email address that's not a popular webmail host tends to throw people off. Mine is me@justinlardinois.com; I can't tell you how many times I've confused call center operators with it. I even had one think I meant justinlardinois@me.com.
- WatchDog 10y ago
  Try using justin@justinlardinois.com It might be a bit redundant, but it's the pattern I use and I don't ever really have any problems, other than incredulous looks or comments about owning a domain name.
- freehunter 10y ago
  I use Outlook.com for a lot and it confuses people. I say the first part and they immediately start typing @gmail.com. I even had a guy at my mechanic's shop tell me Outlook was the program I used to check my email, but Gmail was the actual address.
- Normal_gaussian 10y ago
  I run with the pattern 'iam@<my domain>' This works well for everything except my personal domain. My first name is Eoin, pronounced like Ian. Several people have tried to correct the words I just explicitly spelled out to them. I've resorted to having people spell that one back.
  - notatoad 10y ago
    Using iam@domain when your name sounds like Ian seems like it's just asking for confusion.
    - Normal_gaussian 10y ago
      Absolutely. It was a naming scheme I adopted on other domains first and, being used to ian spelled my way, didn't notice as quickly as I should have. It's relatively low traffic and has a catch all however, so more just trivia at this point.
  - richardw 10y ago
    I can understand you wanting it spelled correctly but maybe add ian@ as an alias? For those times where mistakes seem likely.
    - Normal_gaussian 10y ago
      Yeah I have a catch all in, hence why I didn't change the address.
- loeber 10y ago
  To add to the list of suggestions, the pattern I use is contact@<myname>.com. I've never received any questions with that address, though I don't use it particularly often.
- dhruvkar 10y ago
  I use firstinitiallastinitial@<mynamedomain>.com. It's not as redundant as firstname@<mynamedomain>.com. and still seems like a personal email address as opposed to "me/iam/contact".
lfowles 10y ago
I don't find the org to be an issue so much as my FirstInitialLastName domain. I sometimes have to repeat that FirstInitial is there, since it seems more natural to people that I would have FirstName@LastName as my email address.
- justinlardinois 10y ago
  lastname.com is the holy grail of domain names. You'd think with my fairly uncommon surname I'd be able to get mine, but it got snapped up in 1999 but some French construction contractor that's been using it to host a static site about his business ever since.
  - lfowles 10y ago
    I wouldn't know what to do if I got LastName.com. I'd probably make a service so other people sharing the name could have email addresses forwarded from it. heh.
    - justinlardinois 10y ago
      That's what RealNames does; it own the domains for a lot of common last names. trinh.com is one that comes to mind.
JoshTriplett 10y ago
I've never had problems with my .org domain. I think I once had a customer service person ask "Why dot org?", and they were satisfied by the answer "Well, I'm not a company..." I've had more problems caused by the occasional assumption that everyone in the world uses gmail.
mkasu 10y ago
Despite having some domains which I mostly use for gaming purposes and stuff, my main "serious" email address is @fastmail.fm. It is a nightmare to tell it to someone by phone. It goes as far as "dot fm, never heard that, do you mean .com?" Wtf, that doesn't even sound similar. Emails never arrive.
- tga 10y ago
  Luckily for you, Fastmail eventually got their .com, so I believe @fastmail.com should also work now (not a customer so I don't know for sure).

justinlardinois 10y ago

Hell, even using an email address that's not a popular webmail host tends to throw people off. Mine is me@justinlardinois.com; I can't tell you how many times I've confused call center operators with it. I even had one think I meant justinlardinois@me.com.

WatchDog 10y ago
Try using justin@justinlardinois.com It might be a bit redundant, but it's the pattern I use and I don't ever really have any problems, other than incredulous looks or comments about owning a domain name.
freehunter 10y ago
I use Outlook.com for a lot and it confuses people. I say the first part and they immediately start typing @gmail.com. I even had a guy at my mechanic's shop tell me Outlook was the program I used to check my email, but Gmail was the actual address.
Normal_gaussian 10y ago
I run with the pattern 'iam@<my domain>' This works well for everything except my personal domain. My first name is Eoin, pronounced like Ian. Several people have tried to correct the words I just explicitly spelled out to them. I've resorted to having people spell that one back.
- notatoad 10y ago
  Using iam@domain when your name sounds like Ian seems like it's just asking for confusion.
  - Normal_gaussian 10y ago
    Absolutely. It was a naming scheme I adopted on other domains first and, being used to ian spelled my way, didn't notice as quickly as I should have. It's relatively low traffic and has a catch all however, so more just trivia at this point.
- richardw 10y ago
  I can understand you wanting it spelled correctly but maybe add ian@ as an alias? For those times where mistakes seem likely.
  - Normal_gaussian 10y ago
    Yeah I have a catch all in, hence why I didn't change the address.
loeber 10y ago
To add to the list of suggestions, the pattern I use is contact@<myname>.com. I've never received any questions with that address, though I don't use it particularly often.
dhruvkar 10y ago
I use firstinitiallastinitial@<mynamedomain>.com. It's not as redundant as firstname@<mynamedomain>.com. and still seems like a personal email address as opposed to "me/iam/contact".

lfowles 10y ago

I don't find the org to be an issue so much as my FirstInitialLastName domain. I sometimes have to repeat that FirstInitial is there, since it seems more natural to people that I would have FirstName@LastName as my email address.

justinlardinois 10y ago
lastname.com is the holy grail of domain names. You'd think with my fairly uncommon surname I'd be able to get mine, but it got snapped up in 1999 but some French construction contractor that's been using it to host a static site about his business ever since.
- lfowles 10y ago
  I wouldn't know what to do if I got LastName.com. I'd probably make a service so other people sharing the name could have email addresses forwarded from it. heh.
  - justinlardinois 10y ago
    That's what RealNames does; it own the domains for a lot of common last names. trinh.com is one that comes to mind.

JoshTriplett 10y ago

I've never had problems with my .org domain. I think I once had a customer service person ask "Why dot org?", and they were satisfied by the answer "Well, I'm not a company..." I've had more problems caused by the occasional assumption that everyone in the world uses gmail.

mkasu 10y ago

Despite having some domains which I mostly use for gaming purposes and stuff, my main "serious" email address is @fastmail.fm. It is a nightmare to tell it to someone by phone. It goes as far as "dot fm, never heard that, do you mean .com?" Wtf, that doesn't even sound similar. Emails never arrive.

tga 10y ago
Luckily for you, Fastmail eventually got their .com, so I believe @fastmail.com should also work now (not a customer so I don't know for sure).