In 2013 a new feature is coming to Carleton.ca email addresses: a dot.
At the moment, official email addresses use an underscore (_) to separate first and last names. In the new year, the dot (.) will replace the underscore as a separator.
Both firstname_lastname@carleton.ca and firstname.lastname@carleton.ca will be accepted as incoming mail. However, in the new year, all outgoing mail will appear to come from the “dotted” email address.
In preparation for the transition, changes have been made to the Exchange Global Address List (GAL). Exchange users will see contacts in the GAL appear with a space rather than the underscore. This is a visual change and has no impact on email functionality.
Information and project updates will be posted on carleton.ca/its/all-services/email/dotted-email/.