Is email unique?

2001-03-21 Thread Bryan Wheelock
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-

Re: Is email unique?

2001-03-21 Thread Peter Skipworth
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 add

Re: Is email unique?

2001-03-21 Thread Dennis Salguero
Original Message - From: "Bryan Wheelock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2001 5:31 PM Subject: Is email unique? > I have been trying to think of naturally occuring unique identifiers that > people might use on the int