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Your account username is included in the welcome email sent when you account is set up. Generally it is the first 8 letters of your domain name (minus the suffix such as .com). If you domain name is less than 8 letters than your username will be your domain name minux the suffix.
For instance if your domain name is mydomain.com, your username will be mydomain.
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