On Tue, 2005-05-31 at 17:52 +0100, Dave Korn wrote: > ----Original Message---- > >From: Russ Allbery > >Sent: 31 May 2005 04:51 > > > > It's not the request for the e-mail address. It's that it's phrased as a > > login screen and a button to create an account. I know that I definitely > > pause and consider before I create an account at a web site. There are > > many on-line newspapers that I refuse to read articles from, for example, > > because I don't want to create an account. That creates a piece of > > authorization out there that I have to record a password for and that I'm > > to some degree responsible for. > > > Whenever I come across one of those interfaces, I test it to see if it'll > let me create an account called 'guest' with password 'guest'. (I believe > in keeping the old net.traditions alive!) If it wants an email address, I > use '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.
And then if we need more info for your bug report, and can't reach you, we'll simply close it.
