November 17, 2006

Webmail fun fact

If you've been paying attention, you've noticed that, err, both my hamster and now Wesleying have facebook accounts in the Wesleyan University network.

"But good madam!," I hear you cry. "How can this be possible?! It is against the 2nd law of thermodynamics to join a college network without a .edu e-mail address*!"

The key: You technically have not one, not two, but three webmail accounts.

Say your name is Lepidosiren Paradoxa. Your webmail addresses are**:

  • lparadoxa@wesleyan.edu
  • lparadoxa@mail.wesleyan.edu
  • Lepidosiren.Paradoxa@wesleyan.edu
Mail sent to each one just ends up in your normal inbox, but, shhhhhhhhh. Enjoy.

(Oh, and--Don't bother trying to create an account with a name that includes the words "Hamster" or "Squirrel." It won't let you. I've already tried.)

*I'm failing Physics, shut up.
**I don't know how this works with e-mail addresses that include middle initials or numbers at the end, but if anyone can figure it out--Do tell us.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I have a middle initial in my email address, but First.Last@wesleyan.edu still gets to me, and First.MiddleInitial.Last@wesleyan.edu does not.

Mad Joy said...

I would like to confirm the data of anonymous poster # 1 :o)