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COMMON –>
but useful for spamming
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COOL
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911
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1-900
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666
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1101111000 (888 binary)
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1337
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MCCCXXXVII (1337 latin)
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admin
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JHWH
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contact
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hellogoodbye (beatles)
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corporate
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asics [anima sana in corpore sano (acronym)]
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enquiries
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iris queen (anagram)
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info
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onoff or loremipsum or whatever
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mail
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liam (gallagher)
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request
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thequest
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root
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rootof2
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sales
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capitalism_2.0
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solutions
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finalsolutions (rather evil than cool)
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webmaster
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weedmaster
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domain@domain
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neverod@doreven (palindrome)
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forename.
surname etc
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doe (placeholder name)
or robert.trebor (ananym)
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more boring prefixes (but also useful for spam attacks): office, orders, reception, support
more geeky ones: 3.14159… (pi of course); 42 (answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything –> even Google knows that); 6, 28, 496, 8128, … (perfect numbers – by the way: take a look at their end digits –> yes: always 6 or 8 …)
extreme nerdy: transform perfect numbers into binary code:
6 = 110 (in Germany also the counterpart to 911)
8 = 11100
496 = 111110000
8128 = 1111111000000
As you can see, perfect numbers have a special structure in binary code (p ones followed by p − 1 zeros). I was really excited when I detected this pattern, but I was of course not the first one (unbelievable what enlightenments can arise on the quest for cool mail prefixes). If you study the explanation for the pattern, you will realize that perfect numbers are closely linked with Mersenne primes. Just take a look at their binary structure:
3 = 11
7 = 111
31 = 11111
127 = 1111111
[I have to close this chapter here, but I will return to perfect numbers sooner or later]
Well, my personal prefix derives from the scientific name of the common box (Buxus sempervirens). Sempervirens means „always strong or virile“, referring to the evergreen and frost-resistant leaves of the box.