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The problem I have with using email for login, is I often don't know which email address I used to sign up for the given service. There is my Google Gmail addr
by derekp7 12y ago
The problem I have with using email for login, is I often don't know which email address I used to sign up for the given service. There is my Google Gmail address, my work email, and the primary one I use for my personal domain. On top of that, I use wildcard forwarding on my personal domain, so anything@example.com gets to me@example.com. The only way I can tell which ID i used when I signed up is to go through my email archive and try to find something from that site.
- localhost 12y agoBut Jeff very clearly says enable logins using your user ID OR email address. Obviously, if you forget both you're going to have problems :)
- mseebach 12y agoHow is remembering an arbitrary string (your user ID) different from remembering [arbitrary string]@yourdomain.com ?
- mercer 12y agobecause the former is just an arbitrary string that you might be using in many places, and the latter is an arbitrary string PLUS a domain for one of your potentially many email addresses. Sure you see the difference...?
- derekp7 12y agoyes, that is my situation -- I'm more protective of email addresses than I am of login ID's. I happen to be derekp7 almost everywhere.