Oh Happy Day...un-doing the wrong that was done to me 6/28/1999

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We don't get to pick our e-mail addresses here. When a new employee joins, the e-mail alias is chosen for them (my friend Ann swears she didn't pick mine, but...). Anyway, someone (not Ann) somewhere (not Ann's office) decided that I needed to be heathham@microsoft.com. Because of that, this conversation happens all the time:

Person: Heather, can I have your e-mail adddress?

Me: sure, I need to spell it for you. It's h-e-a-t-h-another h-a-m at microsoft dot com

Person: wait a minute...h-e-a-t-h-a-m?

Me: nope, h-e-a-t-h-another h...

Person: two Hs?

Me: two in the middle, one at the beginning. Three altogether. I know, I didn't get to choose it.

Person: could you just e-mail me first?

Me: no problem.

 

Another scenario:

"Dear Heath,"

Or another:

"Dear Ms. Ham" (if only you knew how much the thought of ham makes me gag).

OK, so now all of that is officially over because I am Heather.Hamilton@microsoft.com. Woohoo! I guess there's something called Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 (MIIS) that enables it. I don't really know what it is or how it works and I don't care. My old e-mail address will still work, but the new one is added as part of my profile. I'm just hoping that people will actually stop calling me heathham here!