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Changing your email address

heather011heather011
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I just officially changed my last name so now I'm changing my email too (since it was just firstnamelastname@gmail.com).  I've set up my old email to forward to my new address and I was thinking I should have something in the signature of the new address, but I can't figure out how to word it.  "Formerly firstname lastname" sounds weird but I'm having a mental block and can't think of anything else.  Help?

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  • kat112kat112
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    At my job's email signature, for the first few months after changing my name I used:

    First Name New Last Name (Old Last name)

    People figured it out eventually.
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  • squirrlysquirrly member
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    Sincerely,

    First Maiden Last

    That should do it, I'd think.  That's what I have in mine at work, for now.  I'll drop the maiden after Christmas, probably.
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  • Beachy730Beachy730 member
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    Ditto squirrly.  I've just put my maiden name as a middle name for anything where people might not even know who it is for now.  Including, sadly, Facebook.

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  • heather011heather011
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    Ah, First Maiden Last.  Makes sense.  I don't know why I couldn't come up with that on my own.

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  • thesuninherheadthesuninherhead member
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    Don't you guys use the term 'nee' there to indicate maiden name? Eg. Mel Smith (nee Doe)?
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  • missy68missy68
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    Yes, but sun, that requires the general population to know what it means..... ;)
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  • emilyinchileemilyinchile member
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    Haha, so true, Missy. In the interest of avoiding confusing the ignorant, I'd go with First OldLast NewLast.
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  • golden1215golden1215 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_changing-email-address?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding BoardsForum:9Discussion:32df65b2-32be-4a32-82ae-0592110b601aPost:e1f576d9-c6c2-4a6e-9b74-b6426d2ad092">Re: Changing your email address</a>:
    [QUOTE]Yes, but sun, that requires the general population to know what it means..... ;)
    Posted by missy68[/QUOTE]

    ha. this.
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  • heather011heather011
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    haha I thought about going the nee Maiden Name route, but the only place I've ever seen it used is in obituaries and I thought that might send the wrong message... 
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  • Birdie1483Birdie1483 member
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_changing-email-address?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:32df65b2-32be-4a32-82ae-0592110b601aPost:bbf94bad-c415-4ef6-8b9c-2851e966c556">Re: Changing your email address</a>:
    [QUOTE] Including, sadly, Facebook.
    Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

    I'm so glad people do this though! I can't keep track of all of the girls I knew in college who are now getting married. If they don't keep their maiden name, I end up having a bunch of people who I'm like "how do I know you?? Where did you come from?" :)

    I agree with the others with the First Maiden Last.


    On a slightly off topic, I went to go check out getting a new Gmail account for my married name. I'm going from a very uncommon maiden name to a very common married name. I know I sound like a dork, but I was totally bummed I had to put numbers in my email address! :-/
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_changing-email-address?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:32df65b2-32be-4a32-82ae-0592110b601aPost:a31dbb6f-5629-4479-835e-a07ce042b817">Re: Changing your email address</a>:
    [QUOTE] On a slightly off topic, I went to go check out getting a new Gmail account for my married name. I'm going from a very uncommon maiden name to a very common married name. I know I sound like a dork, but I was totally bummed I had to put numbers in my email address! :-/
    Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE]

    <div>Haha Birdie I hear ya!  I'm actually having a bit of an identity crisis changing my email address . . . my married name is also more common than my maiden name, so I had to reverse the order and have my last name first in my new email.  Sad.</div>
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    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_changing-email-address?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:32df65b2-32be-4a32-82ae-0592110b601aPost:a31dbb6f-5629-4479-835e-a07ce042b817">Re: Changing your email address</a>:
    [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Changing your email address : On a slightly off topic, I went to go check out getting a new Gmail account for my married name. I'm going from a very uncommon maiden name to a very common married name. I know I sound like a dork, but I was totally bummed I had to put numbers in my email address! :-/
    Posted by Birdie1483[/QUOTE]

    So glad to hear I'm not the only one who feels this way, lol.  I was just complaining to a friend that I'm going to have to use numbers in my email.
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  • JCM10JCM10 member
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    This makes me want to go 'claim' an email address in my future name! :) I'm going from a fairly uncommon name to a very uncommon name, so it shouldn't be an issue, luckily! I agree with the First Maiden Last route though.

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  • simplebride_24simplebride_24
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    You ladies are making me want to claim a new email address as well.  But I have a feeling that what I want which would be firstnamenewlastname would not be available.  I may end up going with firstnameoldlastinitialnewlastinitial  I guess we will have to see.
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  • vlizzvlizz member
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    I hadn't even though about changing my email. Oh no, something else I have to do.. (I'm very behind)    At least I'm going from an uncommon last name to an equally uncommon last name.
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  • cam18cam18 member
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    This is similar to what some people have written above, but I know with Facebook you can do "Firstname (Maiden Name) Lastname" in your profile--I think something like that would be acceptable for e-mail as well. :)
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  • Shella1207Shella1207
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    My fiance convinced me that I should grab my new email address asap.  My first thought was that it seemed like one of those bad luck things to do.  I did it...9 months before, but now I don't have to worry about it.  It was something I did one night when I felt I wasn't getting anything else done!  Silly maybe, but somewhat gave me a little thrill.  I will not need to worry about the facebook thing because I don't use a last name as it is due to my career.  I do however think it's pretty helpful when people do :)
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  • brookelynpaisleybrookelynpaisley member
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    At work, I changed my signature to First Maiden Last (which is now my name - I dropped my middle) and put a bolded blurb above it that said "Please make note of my new name and email address." I'm in finance, and I talk to everyone I deal with at least once a quarter so after the next quarter close, I switched to just my new last name and took the bolded part off.

    For personal emails, the auto-response for message sent to my old email address says: I've recently changed my name and email address. Your email has been forwarded to newemail@gmail.com. Please take a moment to update my contact information.

    Then I had the signature with all my contact info: name, phone, email, and address.
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