[OpenID] OpenID based on email addresses... Just Works!

[Martin Atkins]

David Fuelling wrote:
> 
> I agree.  It may not be a good assumption, but my impression is that my 
> OpenID (http://openid.sappenin.com) is going to be "under my control" 
> and "appropriate to use" for a much longer time than my common email 
> addresses (something at gmail.com <mailto:something at gmail.com>, 
> somethingelse at yahoo.com <mailto:somethingelse at yahoo.com>, 
> personal at sappenin.com <mailto:personal at sappenin.com>, etc) because it 
> makes sense to use different email addresses throughout my day, year, 
> and life -- whereas I forsee being able to use the same OpenID URL 
> forever (as long as sappenin.com <http://sappenin.com> is around, at 
> least).  In my opinion, one more reason (user convenience) to just map 
> an email address to an OpenID (XRI or URL).
> 

That sounds more like an argument for you to use http://sappenin.com/ as 
your identifier instead of an email address.

If you want to use a HTTP URL for your identifier, just enter that URL 
into the RP directly!