University Computing Services

Email Account Name Information

Did you know you had more than one FSU email address? These optional email addresses are called email aliases.

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For new students, (accounts created after March 8, 2002) your aliases look like:
accountname@fsu.edu
firstname.middleinitial.lastname.yr[ord]@fsu.edu

If there is no middle name, then its just
firstname.lastname.yr[ord]@fsu.edu

The account name follows the convention of your initials and the year and ordinal. If you have only two initials, then your account will only have two letters/two digits/and a possible ordinal.

Examples include:
(all aliases are case insensitive - case doesn't matter)
Aaron C. Brown, who started at FSU in 2002, would have aliases that looked like:
acb02@fsu.edu
aaron.c.brown.02@fsu.edu

Anthony C. Baker, who started at FSU in 2002, would have aliases that looked like:
acb02b@fsu.edu
anthony.c.baker.02b@fsu.edu

** These student '@fsu.edu' aliases will remain with you for life, but you'll need to set up forwarding when you receive notification that the garnet account is to be deleted.

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For the existing students, (accounts prior to March 8, 2002) your aliases consist of your initials and the last 4 digits of the Garnet account name (your garnet id).

garnetid@fsu.edu
firstname.middleinitial.lastname.4digits@fsu.edu

Example:
(all aliases are case insensitive - case doesn't matter)
Aaron C. Brown would have an alias that looked like:
acb3155@fsu.edu
aaron.c.brown.3155@fsu.edu

** These student '@fsu.edu' aliases will remain with you for life, but you'll need to set up forwarding when you receive notification that the Garnet account is to be deleted.

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Faculty/staff have similar aliases. These are of the form

last@fsu.edu
first.last@fsu.edu
first.middleinitial.last@fsu.edu
nickname.last@fsu.edu
accountname@fsu.edu
(all aliases are case insensitive - case doesn't matter)

None of the first four are guaranteed to be unique, but often one or more of them are. The fifth will always be unique and is usually of the form first initial and last name up to the first 7 characters. There are variations on that such as using the middle initial instead of or in addition to the first initial to resolve conflicts. The nickname comes from the HRMS database and must be placed there by the departmental payroll person.

** These faculty and staff '@fsu.edu' aliases go away when the employee leaves the university.

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