[Koha-bugs] [Bug 29480] Add email address as a method for generating the userid when self registering in OPAC

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https://bugs.koha-community.org/bugzilla3/show_bug.cgi?id=29480

--- Comment #14 from Katrin Fischer <katrin.fischer at bsz-bw.de> ---
(In reply to Marcel de Rooy from comment #13)
> Functional question about:
> 
> +If PatronSelfRegistrationUseridGenerationMethod is set to 'email', the email
> +address will be used as the userid. If the patron being created has no
> email,
> +or the patron has an email address that is already in use by another patron,
> +the default way of creating the userid ($firstname.$surname) will be used.
> 
> Is that really what you want? If my email address is already in the
> database, I probably dont want another account.
> One of the issues we face is actually that impatient people register 2 or 3
> accounts.

We see this for families where the email address of the parents is used in the
children's accounts as well. Also sometimes for internal accounts where a
library address might be used several times. Some academic libraries also do
separate accounts for 'permanent loans'.

Maybe display a warning or so instead of not allowing it?

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