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I need your opinions about which email structure should we go with. For example my name is Gregory Gillespie.

gillespie@company.com
ggillespie@company.com
g.gillespie@company.com
gregory.gillespie@company.com

This is for formal purposes, web pages and mostly business cards and all the employers will have the same email structure.
I am concerned about the fact that gg does not look so good and my name.surname is big, even the company's name.

Personally I prefer choice number 3, but what do you suggest me ?

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Downvoter please explain. Do not hit and run to your mother for safety. I ain't gonna hurt you. I am here to ask and learn. – Nikolai Nov 25 '11 at 2:24
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I like to upvote to counter unexplained downvotes. And I think this is a good question. – MikeNereson Nov 25 '11 at 17:42

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I like greg@company.com or gregory@company.com.

How big do you expect to get? The only trouble is if you end up with a few greg's in the company.

Keeping short means you don't have to spell it out as often over the phone, and also is a bi friendlier.

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Well, for now "it" will not be that big, but don't you find it quite informal ? – Nikolai Nov 25 '11 at 3:19
When you deal with a company, would you rather they are friendly or formal? – Joel Friedlaender Nov 25 '11 at 12:08
I guess both... – Nikolai Nov 25 '11 at 20:03
I personally want friendly. Sure I want them to be professional, but I see a difference between formal and professional. – Joel Friedlaender Nov 25 '11 at 23:58
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I would set up a catch all with all the option going to one account. I also like people who make it easy for me to remember their email addresses. I remember the head of a chain of car dealerships in the UK had his email address as headnut@ ... It drew a laugh, and look 13 years later I still remember it.

You could also use your job title ceo@ or some combination with your name GregCEO@

Bottom line: make it easy to remember.

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