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Re: [PLUG] Suggested reading
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JP Vossen wrote:
> break. Perhaps my favorite example of this is the idiotic
> first-initial/last name user name convention that Windows/Exchange have
> created. Unless you are trying to be obscure, I can't think of a more
> stupid way to do this, but most new sysadmins who don't know any better
> will just take that default. (For the record, IMO user IDs should be
> {first 6 letters of last name}{FI}{MI} or {first 5 letters of last
> name}{FI}{MI}{#} as needed.) Just about anything having to do with
> setting up an SMTP server properly is another example.
Why is it "idiotic"? And why is your way "better" (as opposed to
"different")?
(for the record,we use 1st 6 letters of last name, first initial. Middle
initial if known, but it's not a requirement)
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