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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

FirstInitial LastName is common format. I knew someone named Aaron Ryan who got stuck with the email address “[email protected]”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just one dot dividing the name would make it a lot better

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thankfully, [email protected] and [email protected] should be delivered to the same inbox.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There is no requirement to do so, although GMail's adoption of this non-standard seems to have popularized the practice.