FREE online courses on Electronic Mail Etiquette - Addresses and personal
names
A "Personal name" is an arbitrary string
that many mailers will allow you to define, which is attached to your e-mail
address as a textual comment.
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Always provide a personal name if your
mail system allows it - a personal name attached to your address identifies you
better than your address can on its own.
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Use a sensible personal name: "Guess
who" or other such phrases are annoying as personal names and hinder the
recipient's quick identification of you and your message.
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If your mail system lets you use
personal names in the addresses to which you send mail, try to use them. This
will often help a postmaster recognize the real recipient of the message if the
address is invalid.
Example:
The address
'344188@foo.chaos.com' conveys less information than if it were written as
'344188@foo.chaos.com (Ford Prefect)'
