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>> "Or is there a login and a username? Stupid again" Lots of sites allow you to login with a username or an email address. I agree it can complicate things bu
by k-mcgrady 12y ago
>> "Or is there a login and a username? Stupid again"
Lots of sites allow you to login with a username or an email address. I agree it can complicate things but is you need an email address to validate a user is real and a unique username for the service (e.g. it's social) allowing either for login will probably result in less forgotten logins.
- bostonpete 12y agoHow does an email address validate that a user is real?
- k-mcgrady 12y agoNot real, I meant 'not a bot'. Ask for email, send a link that must be clicked etc.
- frenchy 12y agoThat doesn't answer the question. There's no particular reason a bot can't have an email address.
- k-mcgrady 12y agoMaybe I'm wrong, I was always under the impressions one of the main reasons to ask for an email address was to make things more difficult for bots. Rather than just setup a script to create accounts on your server they would also need a valid email address for every attempt.