[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 #15 from Marcel de Rooy <m.de.rooy at rijksmuseum.nl> ---
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #14)
> (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?

Maybe a lax or strict mode or so? Obviously you dont need to use email as
userid, but if you do, it might be nice to choose between fallback to name
based userid or not allowing it..

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