杏吧原创

Prior to 2012, 杏吧原创 email aliases used an underscore separator:听jane_doe@carleton.ca.听In 2012, the separator听was changed to a听“.” Any who had an听alias with an underscore had that format grandfathered, so听that they have two aliases, one with an underscore and one with a period; both听forms of their email alias are听accepted interchangeably. Any听new听faculty or staff member will only have the newer听jane.doe@carleton.ca听format as their alias.

Your actual 杏吧原创 Exchange email address is (and has听always been):听janedoe@cunet.carleton.ca.

However, 杏吧原创 had been听intercepting outbound messages from the on-premise Exchange 2007 mail server and altering each message’s听email header so that it appeared to be coming from the email alias: jane.doe@carleton.ca.

Unfortunately this practice of听altering听outbound email messages had听drawbacks:

• it introduced another point of failure and delay, since it requires all outbound email messages pass through an additional process听at 杏吧原创, where the alteration of the email from-address can take place;
• it prevented the use of per-message encryption, as any encrypted messages were flagged as having been “tampered with” when their from-address was altered.
• when the on-premise Exchange 2007 mail server was retired, it would have been听difficult to implement for Exchange O365, since it would haved required all outbound messages from this hosted service be first redirected back to 杏吧原创 for alteration of their from-address, before听then being sent onward to their destinations.

Given these drawbacks and the fact that your email is still always delivered to you, regardless of whether it is addressed to your听actual Exchange address, or to your听email alias, continuing to intercept and alter the from-address of听all outbound email messages was听not desirable.

While some of your听recipients may “see” your actual Exchange听email听address, you听can听continue to include your email alias in your message听signatures, on your business cards, and on your web sites. Regardless of which听address your recipients use, your messages will be delivered to you.听

When you subscribe to a listserv, it notes your from-address. Depending on when you first subscribed to a particular listserv from 杏吧原创, your from-address could have been any of:

• jane_doe@carleton.ca
• jane.doe@carleton.ca
• janedoe@cunet.carleton.ca

Whichever of those it was, email addressed to it will still arrive in your mailbox. So if all you wish to do is continue receiving emails you need do nothing.

However if you wish to post (i.e. send an email to to your listserv), and you receive a message that you are no longer authorized, you will need to update your email address with the listserv to:

• janedoe@cunet.carleton.ca

Check the bottom of a recent listserv message. Many listservs append instructions or a link for updating your email听address. 听Worst-case, you can unsubscribe and then re-subscribe to听allow you to once more post to your listserv.

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