So for a @mozilla.com account it would be best to be in touch with Mark Banner who setup the thunderb...@mozilla.com aliases and can put in a request for another.
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 4:27 PM, R Kent James <k...@caspia.com> wrote: > On 4/24/2015 3:43 PM, Benjamin Kerensa wrote: > >> Currently @mozilla.org aliases and accounts are for original @mozilla.org >> folks (a handful of people) and were for sometime used by foundation but >> that practice stopped AFAIK otherwise they are assigned anymore. >> > > I had not intended to push mozilla.org over mozilla.com, I guess I mostly > deal with mozilla.org people so I thought that was the practice. > > OK then, the question is the same, but use mozilla.com or mozilla.org > > As for alias, Mozilla already owns thunderbird.net which in theory could > be used for this. But that does not really accomplish either of the main > goals, which is: > > 1) The address, if seen by the public, would be recognized as legitimately > belonging to Mozilla, and therefore probably to be trusted. After all, > people are being asked to give permission to access their email to > something, and there should be a degree of brand trust associated with > that. (I routinely use web addresses or email addresses as a test of spam > and phishiness, "thunderbird.net" has zero recognition) > > 2) When I am hit by the proverbial truck, there should be some way for > Mozilla to regain control of an account that is connected with an important > product like Thunderbird without having to negotiate with Google or my > heirs for the rights to access their product keys. > > :rkent > > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > governance@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance > -- Benjamin Kerensa http://benjaminkerensa.com _______________________________________________ governance mailing list governance@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
