Email Address Policy
Approved by the Computing Policy Committee 2/18/2005; updated 11/28/2022
Terminology
| Network name | A unique character string usually based on a real name, assigned by IT. Ideally, network name is used uniformly for all computer account names at Reed (Kerberos, IMAP, unix, Mac, Windows, etc). |
| Primary email address | networkname@reed.edu |
| Full name email address | An email address, based on a real name, assigned by IT, of the form first.last@reed.edu. Exceptions, such as the inclusion of middle initials, may be made to ensure uniqueness. |
| Alternate email address | Additional addresses of the form something@reed.edu, that are tested for uniqueness before being adopted, and created as aliases for lookup and routing. |
| Nickname | A user-created, not necessarily unique, email address. |
Naming Policy
Nicknames are not implemented in the IMAP mail system. All IMAP users automatically get two email addresses:
- Primary email address (networkname@reed.edu)
- Full name email address (first.last@reed.edu or a variation if that is not unique)
Users may receive, upon request, alternate email addresses to:
- facilitate directory lookup and mail routing (e.g., Vlad for Vladan)
- catch common misspellings (e.g. Heda for Hedda)
- conduct college business (e.g. registrar@reed.edu)
- comply with college policy or legal guidelines (e.g. to honor FERPA confidentiality requests)
Full name email addresses and alternate email addresses are created as aliases and stored in the LDAP Common Name field to ensure that directory lookups and mail routing work consistently.
Email aliases may be requested by logging on to IRIS and selecting Campus Email Prefs.
Examples
Alternate form of first name
| Kichiro Madhava | |
| Unique email address | kichirom@reed.edu |
| Full name email address | kichiro.madhava@reed.edu |
| Alternate email address | kichi.madhava@reed.edu kechi.madhava@reed.edu |
College business
| Mayur Sjöberg | |
| Unique email address | msjoberg@reed.edu |
| Full name email address | mayur.sjoberg@reed.edu |
| Alternate email address | faculty.search@reed.edu |