From gengel@cerberus.ee.siue.edu Wed Nov 10 10:15 CST 1999 Received: from sonata (sonata [146.163.130.6]) by cerberus.ee.siue.edu (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with SMTP id KAA11852 for ; Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:15:09 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <199911101615.KAA11852@cerberus.ee.siue.edu> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:15:08 -0600 (CST) From: George Engel Reply-To: George Engel Subject: here's a goodie To: bnoble@cerberus.ee.siue.edu MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-MD5: /kXAw4DPpVfgFPQ5zBaDPw== X-Mailer: dtmail 1.3.0 @(#)CDE Version 1.3.4 SunOS 5.7 sun4u sparc Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Length: 1962 Status: RO Thought you'd enjoy this, too! --- George ------------- Begin Forwarded Message ------------- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 1999 10:13:04 -0600 (CST) From: Bob Morley To: MikeC@agribrands.com, ed.mike.gle@earth.wustl.edu Subject: here's a goodie Mime-Version: 1.0 > EMBARASSING E-MAIL ADDRESSES > > > > Many colleges and business's tend to strip the last name down to 6 > > characters and add the first and last initial to either the beginning > > or end to make up an e-mail address. > > > > For example, Mary L. Ferguson = mlfergus or fergusml. > > > > They are just now beginning to realize the problems that may happen > > when you have a large and diverse pool of people to choose from. Add to > > that > > a large database of company/college acronyms and you have some very > > funny > > addresses. Probably not funny to the individual involved, however: > > > > TOP TEN Actual E-mail Addresses > > > > 10. Hellen Thomas Eatons (Duke University) - eatonsht@dku.edu > > > > 9. Mary Ellen Dickinson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) > > dickinme@iup.edu > > > > 8. Francis Kevin Kissinger (Las Verdes University) - kissinfk@lvu.edu > > > > 7. Amanda Sue Pickering (Purdue University) - aspicker@pu.edu > > > > 6. Ida Beatrice Ballinger (Ball State University) - ibballin@bsu.edu > > > > 5. Bradley Thomas Kissering (Brady Electrical, Northern Division, > > Overton, Canada) -btkisser@bendover.com > > > > 4. Isabelle Haydon Adcock (Toys "R" Us) - ihadcock@tru.com > > > > 3. Martha Elizibeth Cummins (Fresno University) - cumminme@fu.edu > > > > 2. George David Blowmer (Drop Front Drawers & Cabinets Inc.) - > > blowmegd@dropdrawers.com > > > > ....but at No. 1, it had to be... > > > > 1. Barbara Joan Beeranger (Myplace Home Decorating) - > > beeranbj@myplace.com ---------- ------------- End Forwarded Message -------------