How to decipher your e-mail address

When giving out your "e-mail address" to other people who will be using the St Kate's e-mail system,

you only need to give your first and last name.

When sending mail within the St Kate's e-mail system, you should never use the @stkate.edu portion of the address, as you would when sending mail to people not using the St Kate's e-mail system. This portion of the address is not necessary on campus, and, in fact, considerably slows down the delivery of your message.

For example, if you wanted to send a message to the following person, using the St Kate's e-mail system, you could enter simply Kimberly Osland or even kdosland in the To: field of your message. You would never want to type in kdosland@stkate.edu. However, someone not using the St Kate's e-mail system would have to use the entire kdosland@stkate.edu address in order to reach me.

This rule applies no matter if you are using the Lotus Notes software on campus, on a laptop, or if you are using a web browser to access your St Kate's e-mail.

If the person's e-mail address contains anything other @stkate.edu at the end, you must include the whole e-mail address in the To: field. For example, a christmas letter might go to santa@thenorthpole.com

If you are having problems determining what your name is within the St Kate's e-mail system, go to the CSC Address book when in Lotus Notes on campus and locate and double click your own name. Under the areas titled "User Name" and "Short Name and/or Internet Address," you will see a list of all possible name combinations that will reach you within the St. Kate's e-mail system. In the example below, you see that Kimberly Osland, Kim D Osland and kdosland are among all the possible name combinations that will reach this account.

If you have questions about your e-mail address, please contact the Helpdesk via e-mail or at x6402 for assistance. You can reach the Helpdesk via e-mail by typing simply Helpdesk or Help Desk in the To: field of your message.