Guidelines for account (bMail, CalNet) names?

Your CalNet ID is your online identity at UC Berkeley. It will be used for system access log-ins and authentication, and it will be your campus email address when combined with @berkeley.edu. (For example, the CalNet ID oski.bear becomes oski.bear@berkeley.edu as an email address.)   

• keep it short -- you will be typing it often

• keep it professional -- professors and future employers will see your CalNet ID in your campus email address

• make it yours -- since your CalNet ID serves as your username in many campus collaboration systems, consider including all or part of your name

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CalNet ID Requirements:

CalNet IDs must meet the following requirements:

1. Must be 2 or more characters in length (maximum 20)
2. Must contain at least 1 lowercase English letter, but no uppercase letters
3. Must not contain your Student, Employee, or Affiliate ID
4. Must not start with cads followed by a number
5. Must not start with pvt-
6. Must not start with svc-
7. Must not start with app-
8. Must not start with app_
9. Must not start with guest-
10. Must not start with spa-
11. Must not start with a period (.)
12. Must not start with a hyphen (-)
13. Must not end with a period (.)
14. Must not contain two or more periods in a row (..)
15. Only the following characters are allowed:
    
    • Lowercase letters (a through z)
    • Numbers (0 through 9)
    • Periods (.)
    • Underscores (_)
    • Hyphens (-)

CalNet ID and Privacy

Please note that the CalNet ID is a public attribute and is available to campus departments for facilitating access to services. The "private" part of your CalNet credentials is the passphrase, so please be sure that you are the only person who knows your passphrase.

 

More information on Calnet ID's can be found here.

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CSS IT offers a limited amount of support for name and CalNet issues, but can be reached at (510) 664-9000 from between 8am to 5pm, Monday - Friday. For more direct assistance, e-mail calnet@berkeley.edu from the affected account.