Apur-ee.304
net.games.trivia
utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!davy
Thu Apr 29 13:02:30 1982
What's My Line (Login)?

Reading all this news has sparked my interest in what certainly can
be considered a trivial subject:

		How do sites determine what login
		names to use, and what are the 
		rules regarding the selection of
		them?

For example, here at pur-ee, most login names are simply the person's
last name, or their last name and first initial (with ~4000 accounts,
there are some exceptions).  However, the rules are relatively lax,
and if you want something else (davy, for example), all you need do is
ask for it.

Some places apparently use only initials, accounting for a lot of three
letter logins, some places use last names, some use greater than eight
characters (U. of Waterloo).

So, here's my idea:  if you will send me a description of what kinds
		     of logins your site uses/allows, whether this is
		     a strict rule, and perhaps any *reasons* for
		     this policy, I'll summarize and put them on the
		     net.

Dave Curry
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