Email addresses as IDs?

I may be wrong, but I seem to notice an alarmingly increasing number of new participants who chose their email addresses as Adobe IDs. Apart from the carelessness, this is likely to produce problems in the topic lists of these forums, and I know I have raised the point before. If I remember correctly, I was told that rules on ID format were dictated in the adobe.com site, where they don't care about such trifles. Pity. If it's not Jive, it's Adobe.

Claudio,
There have been a few similar discussions, and the general feeling is that there should be a filter in the Adobe Profile, that nixes such choices.
OTOH, after the spambots find those e-dresses, the users will be dutifully punished with loads of new spam.
I agree with you completely.
Hunt

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I own my own domain and have for a variety of reasons ended up with 3 different adobe IDs at this domain. Starting about 3 days ago, I have started to get a great deal of (non-Adobe related) spam at these 3 addresses. Of course, I don't use these addresses for anything else except Adobe. I have not received any increase in spam at other email addresses with this domain.
Has anyone heard whether or not Adobe has been hacked in any way and had their email addresses (Adobe IDs) compromised?

Maybe I thought the email notifying me of this was spam!
It seems as if I need to do more than change the password but change the email address associated with my Adobe ID so I don't receive this spam any longer.
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HT5621 I have 2 email addresses ( 1 mac. and 1 blueyonder.) with separate Apple IDs for each ( again 1 mac and 1 blueyonder). This has consistently given me problems with passwords and I would now like to combine them into one account to help overcome thi

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Depending on what you're asking...
There is no means to merge Apple IDs. You can change the mail address assocaited with your Apple ID, so you might switch to using and purchasing from one email address, and using the second as a backup. (There's no means to merge the purchases, and related baggage.)
While I'm guessing this was about Apple IDs, for completeness... Combining the mail messages involving multiple email addresses is separate from the Apple ID; that is usually done with some combination of notifying the senders or with the forwarding of messages from one mail server to the preferred server. Or running multiple mail accounts in parallel, depending on what you are up to.

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Can separate apple ids be set up for individual family members that use different devices (iPads & iPhones)? Several family members are tied to one apple id (email address). Thanks.

How to use multiple iPods, iPads, or iPhones with one computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
How to Share a Family iPad
http://www.macworld.com/article/1163347/how_to_share_a_family_ipad.html
Using iPhone, iPad, or iPod with multiple computers
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1202
iOS & iCloud Tips: Sharing an Apple ID With Your Family
http://www.macstories.net/stories/ios-5-icloud-tips-sharing-an-apple-id-with-you r-family/
How To Best Use and Share Apple IDs across iPhones, iPads and iPods
http://www.nerdsonsite.com/blog/2012/06/07/help-im-appleid-confused/
 Cheers, Tom

How do you create two apple ids for one email address.

I bought two i pads for my kids. Since we have just one email address, everytime I try to create a new apple id it says I already have one. They need separate ids so their friends can facetime with one and not the other. Can't figure out how to create two apple ids with one email address.

Donnathemom wrote:
Well any ideas on how to solve this problem? When my daughter does facetime with someone it says she's Wyatt. She's not real happy about that.
Get her an email address, even if she never uses it. They're free and available almost everywhere. The only requirement is that the address be a valid one.
Edit...
You can even use an "alias" of yours. That's a fake address that actually sends everything to you. Check with your current email supplier.

How do I delete an Apple ID account. I apparently have 2 IDs associated with one email address.

how do I delete an Apple ID account. I apparently have 2 IDs associated with one email address.

If you go onto your ipod, under settings, scroll down to icloud, there should be a botton that says, "delete account". push this, and it should delete an account.

Multiple apple IDs. Considering adding an icloud email address.

I've had my apple ID, which is my name, for MANY years. At some point, I was forced to change my apple ID to an email address. I changed it to a yahoo.com address, an email address I've had for ages. Now I have 2 apple IDs. When I do updates on my computer I often have to log into both because some programs were originally installed with my name only ID, and others later with my yahoo account ID.
I've always been confused about Icloud, because I cannot access all of the features because I don't have an @icloud, @mac, or @me email address. I'm considering adding an icloud email address, but am afraid of what the consequences might be. I have a completely different email address that I use for all of my regular email.
Will my name only apple ID change to [email protected]?
Will the apps that I originally downloaded with the nameonly ID know this?
What will happen on my ipad and iphone5?
will i need to set up another email account on my iphone so that my pictures will stream to photos?
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Todd.

You can create an iCloud account using your existing Yahoo.com ID rather than creating a new ID. (You can use the other one because it has to be in the form of an email address and linked to a verifiable email account.) To do this you would go to System Preferences>iCloud and sign in with the ID to create the account, then check the data you want to sync with iCloud. When you check Mail, you will be prompted to create your @icloud.com email address. This is the email account that goes with your iCloud account, if you wish to use iCloud email. When you type the name you would like to use for this address, iCloud will search and tell you if it's already taken by someone else, in which case you will have to choose another. Type carefully, as once created, your @icloud.com address cannot be changed. Understand that your iCloud account ID will still be your @yahoo.com address. The @icloud.com address you choose is for email only.
None of this will effect your existing purchased media using your two Apple IDs. These will stay the same as purchases are permanently tied to the ID used to purchase them. Also, Apple will not merge IDs.

Hi my name Abukar I had an old apple ID and I had problem with signing it so I decided to make a new apple ID with a new email address, so how can I link with two apple IDs and how can I get back all my previous apps that I purchased before, I cloud stuff

Hi my name Abukar I had an old apple ID and I had problem with signing it so I decided to make a new apple ID with a new email address, so how can I link with two apple IDs and how can I get back all my previous apps that I purchased before, I cloud stuff

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Do I need separate Apple IDs or email addresses for iMessage, iCloud, and Facetime?
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I have two apple ids one I use everyday an one that's old I need the password an Apple ID from it I don't remember any of it anymore an I didn't have an email at the time so I used a friends email address to activate the id an he passed away so now Stuck

Hi St3vish,
Welcome to the Support Communities!
Our Apple ID Account Security Team may be able to help you with this:
Apple ID: Contacting Apple for help with Apple ID account security
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5699
I hope this information helps ....
- Judy

Help! My ex boyfriend and I used to share apple ids. I have since created my own however my email is still linked to his I'd and he receives my text messages from an email address of mine on his ipad that I also receive on mine! How do I remove my email?

My ex boyfriend and I used to share apple ids. Since we are no longer together, I have created my own apple id and associated my email address for texting on my ipad. However, he still receives my text messages that go to my email address on HIS ipad! I don't have his apple id password so I cannot delete my email from his iTunes account, nor will he give it to me. I just don't want him to see my text messages! How do I delete it from his ipad?

Each of you need to have your own apple id's instead of sharing is the best way. But you can go to each phones settings, messages, send and recieve, and down to start new conversation from, and make sure each of you have your own email address with a check mark beside of it not the same address.

User IDs and their email addresses

I have to correct the email addresses of each user master record present in the system .Is there a table which contains the User IDs present in the system along with their corresponding email addresses( the field mentioned as Internet Mail in the Address Tab of SU01) ?

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Tarun Mahajan wrote:
> I have to correct the email addresses of each user master record present in the system .Is there a table which contains the User IDs present in the system along with their corresponding email addresses( the field mentioned as Internet Mail in the Address Tab of SU01) ?
Try this. Sorry if it's not detailed enough
1. Go to transaction SQVI.
2. In the input field Quick View give the any name for query for example Z_EMAIL_ADD.
3. Choose create option. In the resulting pop up give description in Title field. In data source choose TABLE JOIN. Select Basis mode.
4. In the next screen choose INSERT TABLE pushbutton and in the pop up give USR21. Then again choose INSERT TABLE pushbutton and this time give ADR6.
5. Now go back using back arrow or F3.
6. Now in the new screen you will be under the tab strip List fld select.. From that entries under available filed (on right hand side) select User name in user master record and the first entry for Internet mail (SMTP) address. Now using single arrow pushbutton pointing towards left move these fields to tabstrip List fld select.
7. Now go to tabstrip selection filed. As done in step 6 move User name in user master record under it.
8. Save the changes and go back. A pop up will come asking you to save quick view Z_EMAIL_ADD. Choose yes.
9. Now execute the query. In the input field you can give one user or multiple users at a given time.
This approach is easier and time saving in my opinion and gives output in desirable format.

Over the course of many years I seem through using different computers to have several apple ids and three email addresses, this is causing problems with synchronising, I have an iPod, iPhone and ipad

Over the course of many years I seem through using different computers to have several apple ids and three email addresses, this is causing problems with synchronising, I have an iPod, iPhone and ipad

Hi there
Sorry for hijacking your thread as put by Dahveed. However I have resolved my issue so I thought I'll share it with the rest of you.
I checked for the error 3194 in youtube and I found some good videos that tell you how to resolve the problem. The issue I was facing was the actually (I know because I have resolved it now) the communication between my computer and apple server which can be fixed as following (if you are using windows):
There is file in following directory:
C:\Windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
The file normally has no extension and it is in file format. You need to open it and make sure that every line that has apple server id starts with "#". In my case one of the line started directly with the ip address and then gs.apple.com.
Perform your restore/update after that and hopefully it should be resolved (mine did).
Cheers

Using email addresses for account ids

Has anyone used email addresses for account and customer ids in Portal? The concern is that people may change email addresses frequently, but we don't want to lose their history and profile info, but we want their login to be easy to remember.
Alternatively, we could have people enter their email address, then go look for the corresponding account id and use that to authenticate them. Anyone have any input on this approach, pro or con?
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Alternatively, we could have people enter their email
address, then go look for the corresponding account
id and use that to authenticate them. Anyone have any
input on this approach, pro or con?Sounds reasonable to me but you when you post questions like this your bound to get all sorts of opinions.
I would suggest seperating your authentication and tracking specifications. You should not rely on variable values to track user history.
Usersnames may change whether or not the username is a valid email address. The use an "internal" id for users that is not dependent on the current username, email etc. That way the user can change these as required and you don't loose all your history and tracking data.

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