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Face books use case is a pathological case from universities back when a 10MB hard disk cost more than a professor. Universities do reuse email addresses but that's policy not need - and even universities can change policy.

Username is horrific as a global identifier - I hate easily.co.uk every time my browser cache gets cleared.

Adding new addresses to an account works and really ISPs ought never reuse emails. A new RFC perhaps?




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