Apparently the unconfirmed reports were true: We made a mistake. Thank you for telling us how important these personalized addresses are to you and other alumni. We heard you, and we have changed the policy. Alumni, such as yourself, who were already using personalized addresses (we call these "e-mail aliases") will now have the opportunity to register for them so that they may continue their use."Please accept Cornell Information Technologies' apologies for indicating earlier this week that you would no longer be able to use your personalized "@cornell.edu" e-mail address as of Dec. 5, 2007.
Smart move.