[re-sending in plain-text] 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.
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. Rich On 11/8/06 5:06 PM, Dick Hardt wrote the following: > 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: > >> 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 >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> On Behalf >>> Of Dick Hardt >>> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2006 12:26 PM >>> To: John Panzer >>> Cc: Kaliya *; specs@openid.net >>> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Handle "http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]" 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. >>> >> > > _______________________________________________ > specs mailing list > specs@openid.net > http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs > _______________________________________________ specs mailing list specs@openid.net http://openid.net/mailman/listinfo/specs
