Strictly speaking, they're not unique - there's a lot of many to one
mappings- eg my work email address and my home email address - and a
hell of a lot of one to many mappings - ie [EMAIL PROTECTED] As long
as you're happy with that, most people end up being happy assuming that
a user's email address will be their "unique identifier" on the net.
regards,
P
On
Wed, 21 Mar 2001, Bryan Wheelock wrote:
> I have been trying to think of naturally occuring unique identifiers that
> people might use on the internet.
> I think that e-mail addresses would be a unique way to indentify an
> individual.
> Only one e-mail can exist per person. Although an email address could change
> owners for the most part, each e-mail should be unique.
> Am I right?
>
> Bryan
>
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