Understanding your staff user id
There has been some confusion around user id's and email accounts. I hope this explanation helps.
Staff user ID's and email addresses are actually different. This is due that a number of email address are organisational positions rather than individual users.
andrewk@silkwood.qld.edu.au
The above address is actually broken down as follows.
- "andrewk" = User ID
- "silkwood.qld.edu.au" = Organisational Domain
- "andrewk@silkwood.qld.edu.au" = Organisational Account
and as you can see this is not my email address which is actually -
ict@silkwood.qld.edu.au or andrew.kemp@silkwood.qld.edu.au
Your user ID is used for internal systems like -
Your Organisational account is used for external systems like -
Your Email address is used for ... well you know ... E-Mail :)