![[dr. bob]](/dr-bob-sm.gif)
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.orgShown: posts 1 to 10 of 10. This is the beginning of the thread.
Posted by amy_oz on April 23, 2004, at 0:38:36
Hi Dr Bob,
just letting you know that other education indstitutions around the world have .ac.xx. The UK is not the only place. eg New Zealand is .ac.nz.
Also, many European universities simply have the country domain names.
Maybe this board should self regulated?
Cheers,
Amy
Posted by cubic_me on April 23, 2004, at 9:58:36
In reply to student board, posted by amy_oz on April 23, 2004, at 0:38:36
I'm a student with an ac.uk email account, but I registered here with a different (non-uni)account - I'd rather keep my reminders etc going to the same account, but I'd have to change to my ac.uk adress to be able to post on the student board. Another reason I prefer to give my non-uni email address to discussion boards is to keep it more anonymous - I don't want anyone finding out what university I go to, or who I am. Is that reasonable, or is it totally secure giving my uni address?
Thanks
Posted by noa on April 23, 2004, at 14:36:34
In reply to Re: student board, posted by cubic_me on April 23, 2004, at 9:58:36
also, btw--a lot of alumni associations give out .edu type addresses to alums.
But it might not matter--
Posted by gardenergirl on April 24, 2004, at 14:27:47
In reply to Re: student board, posted by noa on April 23, 2004, at 14:36:34
I too have hestitated to use my uni address. It says what school I go to. I know that email addresses are kept confidential by Dr. Bob, but....just a bit leery.
gg
Posted by sienna on April 24, 2004, at 17:53:26
In reply to Re: student board, posted by gardenergirl on April 24, 2004, at 14:27:47
definitely agree to that. no way im using my school addy.
Posted by Dr. Bob on April 25, 2004, at 9:22:14
In reply to Re: student board, posted by noa on April 23, 2004, at 14:36:34
> just letting you know that other education indstitutions around the world have .ac.xx. The UK is not the only place. eg New Zealand is .ac.nz.
Thanks, I didn't know that. .ac.nz should work now, too.
> Also, many European universities simply have the country domain names.
>
> AmyHmm, can you give me an example?
--
> I'm a student with an ac.uk email account, but I registered here with a different (non-uni)account - I'd rather keep my reminders etc going to the same account, but I'd have to change to my ac.uk adress to be able to post on the student board.
Yes, the way it works now, you'd need to change your email address here. Could you have reminders sent to your uni account automatically forwarded to your non-uni account? Or filtered?
> Another reason I prefer to give my non-uni email address to discussion boards is to keep it more anonymous - I don't want anyone finding out what university I go to, or who I am. Is that reasonable, or is it totally secure giving my uni address?
>
> cubic_meIMO, reasonable security precautions are in place, but no, I wouldn't say it's "totally" secure:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#privacy
Whether the tradeoff is worth it is up to each individual, both regarding registering at all and registering a uni address.
--
> also, btw--a lot of alumni associations give out .edu type addresses to alums.
>
> noaRight, I'm considering them "other university community members"...
Bob
Posted by amy_oz on April 27, 2004, at 0:57:48
In reply to Re: student board, posted by Dr. Bob on April 25, 2004, at 9:22:14
Hi Dr Bob,
Re European uni domain names, Denmark, Switzerland, France.............I only checked those ones, but presumably most of them have country domain names
and South America...Brazil etc.
Japan is ac.jp
I'm not 100 percent sure but I thnk the only country with .edu only is USA. I thought Canada had edu as well but I just checked a uni there and it was .ca. Maybe others are different.
I think the only other coutnry with edu anywhere in it is Australia which is .edu.au
Hope this helps.
Amy
Posted by NikkiT2 on April 27, 2004, at 7:49:37
In reply to Re: student board, posted by Dr. Bob on April 25, 2004, at 9:22:14
How about people that *work* for uni's?? My husband does, and he has a .ac.uk address...
Nikki
Posted by Dr. Bob on April 27, 2004, at 21:03:28
In reply to Re: student board, posted by amy_oz on April 27, 2004, at 0:57:48
> > > Also, many European universities simply have the country domain names.
> >
> > Hmm, can you give me an example?
>
> Re European uni domain names, Denmark, Switzerland, France.............Can you give me an example of one of those unis? Thanks!
Bob
Posted by Dr. Bob on April 27, 2004, at 21:05:16
In reply to Re: student board » Dr. Bob, posted by NikkiT2 on April 27, 2004, at 7:49:37
> How about people that *work* for uni's?? My husband does, and he has a .ac.uk address...
And that's why I have one myself! Again, I'm considering them "other university community members"...
Bob
This is the end of the thread.
Psycho-Babble Administration | Extras | FAQ
Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD,
bob@dr-bob.org
Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.