Re: [PHP-DB] auto creation of email IDs

Vinay Kannan wrote:
> Hey Guys,
>
> I've been at this for couple of days now, and have no clue where to start,
> and was almost thinking about scrapping the project, It would be great help
> if anyone can give me some advice, or guide me in the right direction.
>
> I have a portal, where users would come in and register and create an
> account, as soon as an account is created, I want to be able to auto create
> an email ID for them, the server would be Linux, any ideas on how this can
> be done.
>   
What is an "email id"?
Do you want to create a unique ID depending on the users email that can 
be identified only by you?
Then i guess you want to look at hashing (md5,SHA-X...) + salt.