[FX.php List] posting an email address

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

My document server uses sender's email address as only primary key,
and it works superb!

2008/4/15, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com>:
> As with every web app that I see, I use the email address and a password for
> clients to login (unless my client insists on using usernames).
>
>  If the people who log into the system change their email address, then they
> will hopefully be smart enough to login using their old email address, and
> then change their email as it's stored in the system.
>
>  I would *never* use an email address, name, or company as the primary key;
> I have a client whose database was originally written that way, and it's
> been nothing but trouble for her, which is why she eventually found her way
> to me.
>
>  However, for logging in, I find that email addresses work well for
> usernames; I see the same method on most of the large sites I use on a
> regular basis, like Amazon.
>
>  The problem with using usernames instead of email addresses is that many
> people (myself included) might forget their usernames, but they won't forget
> their own email addresses.
>
>  I also write password-retrieval routines on all these web apps as well, so
> the users can retrieve their passwords if they forget them.
>
>  Bob Patin
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>  On Apr 15, 2008, at 10:47 AM, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen wrote:
>
>
> >
> > > What happens if the email address changes ?
> > >
> >
> > Then there will be no more logins for that user.
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