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Subject:	Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
Newsgroups:	lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general
Date:	Mon, 5 Jul 1999 04:13:06 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Todd Lehman writes: Uhhh, one us is having server troubles. None of the URLS listed below are working. "The requested URL /people/bobklim/ was not found on this server." > > I think it really boils down to a choice between this format (letters): > > http://www.lugnet.com/people/lar/ > http://www.lugnet.com/people/pschmep/ > http://www.lugnet.com/people/bobklim/ > etc. > > http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=lar > http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=pschmep > http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=bobklim > etc. > > http://www.lugnet.com/~lar > http://www.lugnet.com/~pschmep > http://www.lugnet.com/~bobklim > etc. > > lar@lugnet.org > pschmep@lugnet.org > bobklim@lugnet.org > etc. > > or this format (numbers): > > http://www.lugnet.com/people/1/ > http://www.lugnet.com/people/2/ > http://www.lugnet.com/people/3/ > etc. > > http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=1 > http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=2 > http://www.lugnet.com/people/?i=3 > etc. > > http://www.lugnet.com/~1 > http://www.lugnet.com/~2 > http://www.lugnet.com/~3 > etc. > > 1@lugnet.org > 2@lugnet.org > 3@lugnet.org > etc. > > See why I'm having such a hard time with pure-numbers? > > (BTW, there'd probably still be member-#'s just for fun even if there were > alphabetic-character member-ID's.) > > --Todd

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		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Heh heh. No, they're not supposed to work; they don't exist. I meant that it boiled down to a choice between format A and format B, where the two formats were shown by example rather than parameterized. Sorry for the confusion. --Todd (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Very well put -- Yes, that's about it! As far as I can imagine right now, they'll only appear in URLs. I'm sure there must be some other place that they'll pop up someday down the road, but my crystal ball draws a blank on that one today. (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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