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Re: Duplicate Logins and emails

From: Shawn Hogan
Date: Wednesday, November 6, 2002
Time: 2:35:45 pm

Lewis Watson wrote:

> It already knows that the default user domain applies, is this what you are
> saying? Or are you saying that it can literally adds @domain.com into the
> field? If the @domain.com is in the field then the username is free as far
> as Optigold is concerned, I have tested this and this is the problem.
>
> For instance I have a user 'kat'. She has an additional email address listed
> as 'purr@domain.com' in the address field. With the address listed like that
> if a new user tries to sign up using purr, Optigold thinks it's
> available.... and tadah, instant conflict.
>
> Now lets go back a step. If her additional email address would have been
> listed just as 'purr', Optigold would have realized that the username was
> taken and the address would still work fine because Optigold realizes the
> default user domain applies(which is very nice).
>
> So, what I am wondering is there a way to tell Optigold that
> 'purr@domain.com' is as taken as 'purr' if another user tries to create
> 'purr'.

No, that would make realms not work... most mail servers these days support
the same user name as long as they are within a different realm (domain).
That's why I was saying if you have Optigold add the domain to *all* emails
if one is not entered, I think that would solve it...

- Shawn

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Shawn D. Hogan
President, Digital Point Solutions
http://www.digitalpoint.com
(858) 452-3696


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