Re: Unique handle generation

[Patrick <patrick@gandi.net>]

On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:22:02PM -0500, George Belotsky took time to write:
> Someone on this list talked about the possibility of people changing
> email addresses, and their old address being claimed by someone else.
> 
> At first glance, an email address appears unique, but the above
> arguments do raise a legitimate concern.

Then, just add a timestamp (of handle creation time) to the email
address and then it is (quite) unique.

If you loose your email address, you can still use your handle, since
if someone else creates a new handle with the same email address it
will have another timestamp.

You can also add a registrar/registry id.

Patrick.