<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Can you use POBox.com with <a href="mailto:david@yahoo.com">david@yahoo.com</a>? For the added complexity I just don't think it's worth it considering you already can't delegate your email. If you control the domain then you can choose your Provider, otherwise you're at the mercy of who controls the domain. Don't like it, then don't use your Yahoo account as your OpenID. IMHO.<div><br></div><div>--David</div><div><br><div><div>On Oct 29, 2008, at 9:48 PM, David Fuelling wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 2:48 PM, David Recordon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drecordon@sixapart.com">drecordon@sixapart.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>Yeah, I think this general approach with the addition of knowing it is an email, doing directed identity, and passing the email as OpenID.identity is a good one. I really prefer to find a simple solution that doesn't involve running a mapping service or mucking with DNS.<br> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br>I agree with your sentiment, but treating "<a href="mailto:me@example.com">me@example.com</a>" as just "<a href="http://example.com">http://example.com</a>" in every instance precludes me ever using a different Identity Provider that is not "<a href="http://example.com">example.com</a>", assuming I like <a href="http://example.com">example.com</a>'s email service. <br> <br>For example, <a href="mailto:david@yahoo.com">david@yahoo.com</a> will always be tied to using Yahoo.com as an OP. At least with a mapping service, Yahoo.com could offer it's users the ability to login with a Yahoo.com email address, but utilize a different company (e.g., <a href="http://myopenid.com">myopenid.com</a>) as their OpenID Provider (all configured from a Yahoo.com UI)<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>