Introduction
UW offers professional email names free of charge to UW Employees and Academic Affairs Appointments.
Professional email names allow mailboxes to be known by more than one name. Using a professional email name, for example, John Doe (whose username is jdoe127) could receive email sent to jdoe127@uwyo.edu or John.Doe@uwyo.edu.
Professional email names are available in the following forms:
- FirstName.LastName@uwyo.edu
- FirstName.MiddleName.LastName@uwyo.edu
- FirstName.MiddleInitial.LastName@uwyo.edu
- PreferredFirstName.LastName@uwyo.edu
- PreferredFirstName.MiddleName.LastName@uwyo.edu
- PreferredFirstName.MiddleInitial.LastName@uwyo.edu
Please note that a user’s first name or preferred name must be names same names currently registered with Human Resources or Registration and Records. Professional email names are currently limited to 30 characters.
To change your preferred first name, please follow these instructions: https://uwyo.teamdynamix.com/TDClient/1940/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=69401
If the standard professional email name choices offered on the Professional Email Name Request form do not reflect your name properly, you may indicate your preferred professional name, which must include a "." and be based on your name, as a special request in the Comments section of the form. Please explain why you are making the request. Special requests are subject to approval.
Examples
Standard professional email names:
John Doe (whose username is jdoe127), and whose preferred first name is Johnny, can choose eitherJohn.Doe@uwyo.edu or Johnny.Doe@uwyo.edu.
Special request professional email names:
For example, Johnny Jack Howard Doe, who goes by Johnny Jack Doe can make a special request forJohnnyJack.Doe@uwyo.edu. If Johnny goes by J.J. Doe, he can make a special request for JJ.Doe@uwyo.edu. However, because a "." is required, jjdoe@uwyo.edu is not available. Likewise, David.Doe is not available as it is not based on Johnny Jack Howard Doe.
Professional email names and your Display Name
Your display name and your name in the Global Address List (GAL) will remain unchanged.
Once your professional email name has been created, contact the IT Help Desk if you need assistance with changing Approved Senders, or other UWspam settings, as the UWspam website will no longer provide this information.
You may continue to release Blocked spam messages from the UW Quarantined Messages emails.
Available to
This is available to UW Employees and Academic Affairs Appointments.
Procedure
To request a professional email name, please click "Request an Alias" and fill out form appropriately. You will be asked to sign in again.
Resources
- Updating permissions on a departmental alias
- Changing the way my name displays for my UW email account