Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1997 18:17:12 +0100
From: Katherine Wipf 
Newsgroups: desy.computing
Subject: More about firstname.lastname@desy.de


I've noticed that a few points in my firstname.lastname@desy.de announcement
were not quite clear.  Here are the answers to two frequently asked questions:

How is my unique e-mail name constructed?
	The name you specified on your account application form is the
	basis for your unique e-mail name.  
	o If you have a hyphenated first or last name, this will be reflected 
	  in your unique e-mail name. 
        o If you specified a middle name on the form, your unique e-mail name 
          will become firstname.middlename.lastname
	o If your last name contains a von, de, van, etc., your unique e-mail 
          name will become firstname.von.lastname
	    
	     Examples:
		Katherine Wipf    	---->   Katherine.Wipf
		Katherine Margaret Wipf ---->   Katherine.Margaret.Wipf
		Katherine-Margaret Wipf ---->   Katherine-Margaret.Wipf
		Katherine de Wipf       ---->   Katherine.de.Wipf
		Katherine Wipf-Smith    ---->   Katherine.Wipf-Smith
	
	If your you find that your unique e-mail name is not what you
	or your correspondents would expect, please address the UCO and we
	will correct it. 

Why doesn't firstname.lastname@desy.de work for me?  I have a VXDESY account.
	Unfortunately quite a number of VXDESY users received their 
	accounts before DESY had a central user registry.  Some of
	these users do not appear in the central registry at all
	(generally in the cases where no further accounts have been
	applied for).  If you find that firstname.lastname@desy.de
	does not work for you, please contact the UCO and we will
	include you in the central registry.


						Katherine Wipf
                                              User Support Group
                                           <Katherine.Wipf@desy.de>