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Many sites allow users to register for services using an e-mail
address. Often such sites require the user to verify ownership of the
e-mail address by sending an e-mail to the just registered address, but
not always. When a site allows such a registration they also request
the user to create a password. So users can access "service" by
providing e-mail/password -- my guess is that many users use the same
password as required for their actual e-mail account, but I have no
idea how many. People do this all the time. I know of at least one
pretty large portal that allows it.<br>
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If e-mail addresses could be used, sites could lookup the domain using
whatever method is described by OpenId, find the OP and let that
collect the id/password. If the domain isn't an OP, the site could
handle it locally as a registered e-mail address/identity.<br>
<br>
Rich<br>
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On 11/8/06 5:06 PM, Dick Hardt wrote the following:
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<pre wrap="">Hi David
A Homesite is a new concept for users, so when they see a prompt for
it, they will know they have one or not. They are not just typing in
a random URL.
Pretty much every user has an email address, so a prompt asking for
an email would suggest to user that their email will work -- which of
course hardly any will.
-- Dick
On 8-Nov-06, at 10:51 AM, David Fuelling wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Dick,
It seems like the same problem exists if a user types an IdP URL.
If that
URL (e.g., example.com) isn't a valid OpenId IdP, then the user
will still
encounter a problem.
Shouldn't the RP show an "educational page" if a
Homesite/i-name/OpenId/email doesn't resolve to something that
OpenID can
use?
David Fuelling
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Of Dick Hardt
Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 12:26 PM
To: John Panzer
Cc: Kaliya *; <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:specs@openid.net">specs@openid.net</a>
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Handle <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://user@example.com">"http://user@example.com"</a> Style
Identifiers
...
If we support email addresses, then the prompt may look something
like this:
"email | Homesite | i-name | OpenID"
Now any user with an email address thinks they can type it into the
box and login. This of course is not going to be the case.
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