OpenStreetMap
Changing email address of OSM account
Ji alî BlueMM ve di 22 July 2008 de bi English hatiye nivîsîn.Searched through the web interface looking for a way to change my email address, can't seem to find. Guess I should file a bug, hopefully users aren't keyed off the email address...
Discussion
Şîroveya TomH a 22 July 2008 saet 08:05
Users are keyed off both the email address and the display name - both are unique and either can be used to login.
If you want to change your email address then send me a message - it isn't possible to do it yourself yet but I can do it.
Şîroveya StefanB a 22 July 2008 saet 09:06
I believe BlueMM was worried that in DB every node/way carries email as the reference to the author. I believe this reference is numeric user_id, independent of email and display name and not visible to users (except in planet dumps along with display name)
Şîroveya BlueMM a 23 July 2008 saet 01:58
StefanM: Yep, that was pretty much my concern. Some systems key off the email address instead of a primary ID key.
TomH: About to send a message to you...