Creating or Modifying a Vanity Name

What Is A Vanity Name?
To Request a Vanity Name
Addressing Messages using a Vanity Name

To create or modify your vanity name, call 800-333-4722 today!

Arch Wireless and Metrocall customers can visit http://www.usamobility.com/my_account/myaccount.html. Select Manage Devices followed by Alias Maintenance, where you are free to create, modify, or delete vanity names. You may also maintain vanity names by contacting Customer Care at customer.care@usamobility.com or by dialing the number on your invoice.




What Is A Vanity Name?
A vanity name can be used in place of the 10-digit phone number in your two-way address. Simply use your vanityname@usamobility.net, vanityname@airmessage.net, vanityname@my2way.com or vanityname@archwireless.net for e-mail addressing and your vanity name by itself for wireless addressing (two-way to two-way).

Having a customized wireless address makes it easier for your friends to remember. For example, instead of having an e-mail address like "2145551212@usamobility.net", "2145551212@airmessage.net", "2145551212@my2way.com" or "2145551212@archwireless.net", you can have "MarcSmith@usamobility.net", "MarcSmith@airmessage.net", "MarcSmith@my2way.com" or "MarcSmith@archwireless.net". And for two-way to two-way addressing, you simply use "MarcSmith" as the wireless address.

VANITY NAME ALERT!

If you are signed up for services, which require you to provide your wireless device address in a user profile, you must update that profile for these services with your new vanity name.

• Vanity names can be up to 20 characters in length.
  
  Alphanumeric (either letters or numbers) plus, all symbols except
  [ ] ( ) < > , ; : \\ @ and space.
  
  
• Your vanity name must consist of a minimum of 5 alphanumeric characters, a maximum of 14 alphanumeric characters, or a maximum of 6 symbol characters; period(.), hyphen(-), underscore(_). The first character of your vanity name must be alpha. Your vanity name cannot begin with a numeric or symbol character.
  
  
• Each customer's vanity name must be unique. For example, if there is already a "MarcSmith" on the network, you must select another name, like "MarcSmith2".

Addressing Messages with a Vanity Name
Messages being sent to your two-way can now be addressed using your vanity name.

• Messages from another USA Mobility two-way can be addressed simply to your vanity name. For example:

  
  A sender would select "Send Message", then "Select Address", then "Wireless Address". The address is simply "MarcSmith".

• Messages sent over the Internet need to be addressed to your full wireless address. The address is MarcSmith@airmessage.net, MarcSmith@my2way.com or MarcSmith either/or @archwireless.net / @ arch.net
  
  

NOTE: People can still use your 7-digit PIN or 10-digit device phone number to send you messages even after you've created a vanity name.

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