# Mailing-list-like sign-up process

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 19, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779 "2014-05-19T20:44:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nickray/32/114171_2.png) [@nickray](https://meta.discourse.org/u/nickray)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779/8 "2018-10-15T01:43:11Z")

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Was there any progress on this? I guess google auth is one approximation, but not everyone uses gmail.

Discourse seems to build on a username and full name. Username could be set to email username (part before @domain.tld), plus uniquifier (digit, random word…), and reused as changeable full name.

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