You don't have to be consistent forever. I was just going to fix up all of the old stuff, especially where there were just usernames with no e-mail address from the BK days. People can pick whatever they want.
Nate 2008/5/20 Steve Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I just emailed ITD to see what their policy is. Lots of choices... I'm > guessing the only way that DCO would stop forwarding [EMAIL PROTECTED] is if > ITD > gave [EMAIL PROTECTED] to someone else and that person ended up in EECS. > > Actually, now that I think about it, does it really help to make usernames > consistent? I was using different email addresses to keep track of what I > did where... i.e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] for stuff I did at U-M, @gmail for stuff > I did > on my own time, someday maybe using my @amd.com email for stuff I do here, > etc. > > Steve > > On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 8:09 AM, nathan binkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> I think they did it to keep track of alumni. >> >> http://alumni.umich.edu/online-services/forwarding.php >> >> I don't think you have to do anything to take advantage of it. You'd >> have to contact itd to find out if it applies to you, but my guess is >> that given the relatively small number of non-alumni, it's not worth >> trying to keep the two groups separate. >> >> Anyway, which address do you want? gmail? >> >> Nate >> >> 2008/5/20 Steve Reinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Do umich.edu addresses really last forever? I know I only got 'stever' >> > after they found that the previous owner had left. Maybe that policy >> > applies to students but not faculty... though I pity the fool who gets >> > stuck >> > with my email address if they take it away from me. >> > >> > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 3:12 PM, nathan binkert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> In preparation of the repository release, I'm fixing up a bunch of >> >> bugs in the current repo. One thing is all of the various user names. >> >> If you would like to change or update your username in the >> >> repository, please let me know. For those that have multiple >> >> usernames, I've picked the one that I think is best, unless you tell >> >> me differently. >> >> >> >> I personally would appreciate if everyone chose what they think might >> >> be a durable e-mail address for themselves. For example, I will use >> >> my binkert.org address. @umich.edu address last forever, but it's up >> >> to you to set up forwarding. eecs address only last as long as you >> >> have an account. >> >> >> >> Nate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> m5-dev mailing list >> >> [email protected] >> >> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > m5-dev mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> m5-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > m5-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev > > _______________________________________________ m5-dev mailing list [email protected] http://m5sim.org/mailman/listinfo/m5-dev
