Posted by stjames on May 20, 2001, at 19:23:58
In reply to Re: not allowing hotmail, yahoo, etc., posted by Dr. Bob on May 20, 2001, at 17:10:14
> > AOL lets you have 7 different screen names at one time(at least the new version)... but it is incredibly easy to delete one.... and create a new one. So you pretty much have unlimited access to how many different names you can come under.
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> That's what I was afraid of. :-(
>
> BobJames here....
To me this idea is not pracitle. Many, many users never use the addy they get from their ISP, and use something like a yahoo.com address so it never changes. Many of these have no clue on how to use their ISP e-mail account.
OTOH, you could require registration from a primary e0mail address and hand approve people who
really can't figure out how to do this and the few who really don't have a non yahoo type e-mail address.The AOL "screen names" all point to the primary address, not a very effective way to hide.
james
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