Members with shared email

[LaurieY]

Is it possible to create 2 (or more) members who share an email address. I know that wordpress doesn’t like it normally.
LaurieY

[The Assurer]

It is not possible, for members to share the same email address. The reason is that email addresses are used for the purpose of sending registration verifications and password resets. If multiple members shared the same email address, authentication issues would ensue.

With THAT said, there are special cases in which having an N:1 member to email address might be justified; such as when a parent wants to maintain control over accounts used by their children. Under those circumstances, here is a Gmail trick that accomplishes the same goal…

1. Create a Gmail account; Family@gmail.com
2. for sites that require unique email addresses, register family members using Gmail aliases:
   Family+Mom@gmail.com
   Family+Child1@gmail.com
   family+Child2@gmail.com
   Etc.

Any emails sent to different variations og Faimily@gmail.com will all end up in the same inbox. Use inbox filtering to route messages for the aliases to an appropriate folder.

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