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. The dot (.) will soon replace the underscore as a separator.
Introducing this new email format will provide the Carleton community with a modern email address. The use of a dot (.) to separate first and last names is an industry standard.
When email addresses are included in email messages and on webpages, they are displayed as hyperlinks making it difficult to see the underscore. The dot will eliminate this issue.
There is no action required by the Carleton community. Please continue to publicize email addresses with the underscore. Later this month, both firstname_lastname@carleton.ca and firstname.lastname@carleton.ca will be accepted for incoming mail. However, all outgoing mail will appear to come from the “dotted” email address.
Please note that as of this new year, all new Carleton email addresses are issued with a dot.