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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 00:44:50 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, "Ed Jones" <edboxer@aol.com> writes: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I'm reading above, the Member IDs really > serve no purpose other than a system ID, similar to a Unix address. They won't > be used as an identifier for posting to news/discussion groups. They will be > primarily background info, although they will/could display, along with > real/alias names, in news and on sites. 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. Well, actually, here's one place they might show up: Suppose that someday lugnet.com (or lugnet.org) offers e-mail addresses. It would mean that, for example, LarryP might conceivably someday be able to receive and send mail to/from lar@lugnet.org -- that's not inconceivable someday. > If that is the case, then make it very easy on yourself, and everyone here, and > go with pure numerics. 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?
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." (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Yeah! now I'm a pschmep. (sound effects) > schmep schmep schmep. Heheh. sometimes I hate my last name. :) Patricia Schempp pschemp@clemson.edu (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Actually, I don't see that as much of an issue. As an example, my e-mail address shows up as "galliard@shades-of-night.com", however, the actual POP box I am assigned is "shadesofnight03", which has yet another designation for netnation (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Just a thought, but how about in a chat? If LUGNET had a chatroom down the road, the members would probably use their member name as a screen name. Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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		Re: member id's: simple numbers or something more?
(...) Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I'm reading above, the Member IDs really serve no purpose other than a system ID, similar to a Unix address. They won't be used as an identifier for posting to news/discussion groups. They will be (...) (25 years ago, 5-Jul-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.general)

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