Ask HN: What should my email address be?

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I have the domain name [first name][last name].com and want to use it for my main personal email address. I thought of using [first name]@[first name][last name].com, but that seems a little repetitive.

Any creative ideas out there?

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You should accept [anything-at-all]@[first name][last name].com and direct it to your email. The remaining question is what to put on your business cards (and everywhere else you pass out your email address).

If [first name][last name] is SHORT, you might try [first name][last name]@[first name][last name].com. I use a variant of that [my handle]@[my handle].com, and I have found that people understand it quite well. If [first name][last name] is LONG then you should avoid making people type too much -- something like me@[first name][last name].com or [nickname]@[first name][last name].com (eg; "tim@TimothyBordergum.com") might be nice.

-- Michael Chermside (mcherm@mcherm.com)

Just use a nickname. Like "nick", or "jsmith", or "smithy".

If you want to look professional, use "administrator" or "webmaster" or "admin".

You can use both.

I own [first name][last name].me and my take on this was to use my first initial as the part before the @ sign. So it's s@steven[last name].me because I wanted my e-mail to have only my full name and the least amount of characters other than that.

I knew someone who had whoelse@[firstname][lastname].com

i own both [firstname][lastname].com and [lastname].com so my blog is [firstname][lastname].com and my email [firstname]@[lastname].com

anything@[firstname][lastname].com

literally anything

iam@[first name][last name].com

hello@[firstname][lastname].com

me@[firstname][lastname].com?

I use hello@fnamelname.com

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