E-Mail Screw-ups. Many Universities, colleges and businesses tend to strip the last name down to 6 characters and add the first and last initial to either the begining or end to make up an e-mail address, i.e. Mary L. Ferguson = mlfergus or fergusml. They are just now beginning to realize the problems that may cause when you have a large and diverse pool of people to choose from. Add to that a large database of company/college acronyms and you have some very funny addresses (probably not funny to the individual involved). Some examples follow: Hellen Thomas Eatons (Duke University) [email protected] Martha Elizibeth Cummins (Fresno University) [email protected] George David Blowmer (Drop Front Drawers & Cabinets Inc.) [email protected] Mary Ellen Dickinson (Indiana University of Pennsylvania) [email protected] Francis Kevin Kissinger (Las Verdes University) [email protected] Barbara Joan Beeranger (Myplace Home Decorating) [email protected] Amanda Sue Pickering (Perdue University) [email protected] Ida Beatrice Ballinger (Ball State University) [email protected] Bradley Thomas Kissering (Brady Electrical, Northern Division, Overton Canada) [email protected] Isabelle Haydon Adcock (Toys "R" Us) [email protected] See what I mean?