Look@me: Email Addresses for the Me.com Generation
When Apple announced that they were rebranding their .Mac service as MobileMe, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who started thinking of all the fun possibilities for @me.com email addresses. It should be pointed out that if you’re planning to sign up for Me.com with the hopes of getting your
firstname@me.com or
lastname@me.com, keep in mind that current .Mac members’ email addresses are automatically grandfathered into the new domain.
1234abc@mac.com will automatically be
1234abc@me.com. It’s likely that most common names will already be taken.
If you don’t want to settle for
John173@me.com, there are plenty of memorable options available. If you use the @ symbol as the word “at” you can turn short sentences into email addresses. Most simple examples, like look@me, smile@me, point@me, shout@me, and laugh@me already seem to be taken, but there are plenty of variations available. For example:
Pam.smiled@me.com
They.laughed@me.com
Clinton.pointed@me.com
Naomi.yelled@me (or
naomi.threwherphone@me.com)
Even more possibilities are available if you choose to use the @ symbol as the letter a. If your name ends in “ame” you’ve got it made, like
Valerie.Pl@me.com (some people fall just short, like
Barack.Ob@me.com). But don’t stop there; there are tons of words that end in “ame.” I won’t list them all, but they can easily be found with a
crossword puzzle dictionary. Here are some favorites:
No.Sh@me.com
So.L@me.com
Open.Ses@me.com
Edam@me.com
Macr@me.com
I love that these email addresses look almost like website addresses. If you wanted to go all the way with it, your email address could even be
www.macr@me.com. Cool to geeks, confusing to everyone else. What more could you ask for?
If you’re interested in MobileMe and want to get a jump on reserving the perfect email address, I recommend saving $30 by buying a .Mac membership from Amazon. Set up the account and choose your email address before the rush of new subscribers. Your .Mac account will convert to a MobileMe account in July.
Oh, and if I’ve given away the email address you were hoping to register, please
dontbemad@me.com.
