client.desc and client.email

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Feb 3 2006, 8:05 am

Qwerty2029

client.desc would be read-only and would contain anything in your "Description" you specified during the creation of your account.
client.email would be read-only and would contain your e-mailaddress you specified. client.email is null if you chose not to make your e-mailaddress public.

This might be used in the future to be able to send in report e-mails and the such.

Additionally, your console should provide you with the ability to make your e-mailaddress public for certain hub entries. For instance, "Qwerty2029.Game" would be allowed to read your e-mailaddress, and client.email would be your e-mailaddress instead of null, while in all other games it's null.

Feb 7 2006, 9:32 pm
Vortezz	While I see some use in having the client's e-mail, mostly it's just security hell waiting to happen. I dunno about you, but I wouldn't want somebody to be able to log my e-mail address just from my logging in. Spam city =\

Feb 16 2006, 4:04 pm In response to Vortezz
Teh Governator	Vortezz wrote: While I see some use in having the client's e-mail, mostly it's just security hell waiting to happen. I dunno about you, but I wouldn't want somebody to be able to log my e-mail address just from my logging in. Spam city =\ Well, I'm sure they could like he said - make it a read-only, not output-able.

Feb 16 2006, 7:24 pm In response to Teh Governator
Crispy	That makes no sense. Read only but not able to be outputted? That's not possible. The spam risk comes from it being readable in the first place... there's no way to selectively provide the email address to only non-spammers.

Feb 16 2006, 9:00 pm
digitalmouse	by 'read-only' you mean 'only BYOND can access and use the info, not the developer directly'?

Feb 17 2006, 6:46 pm In response to digitalmouse
Teh Governator	digitalmouse wrote: by 'read-only' you mean 'only BYOND can access and use the info, not the developer directly'? That's what I meant, not sure if that's what he was refering to.