"Warning, another user is using the same e-mail address."

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5) Member ID & Council of person affected = 14622637 David M. Szostak (parent)
Thank you!)

When I’m on the Dashboard Scoutbook it states, “Warning, another user is using the same e-mail address.” My email address is davidmszostak@gmail.com and I just signed up my son, David Q. Szostak.

Did I do something wrong? How do we fix this?

David
c: 7738499333

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This is fixed @DavidSzostak

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I’m getting a warning that another user is using the same email address as mine. Can someone look into this please?

Thanks

SB User ID:
12450805

BSA Member ID:
14238029

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@VincentCoronati

Your childrens’ SB accounts had your e-mail address on them. I have removed the e-mail address from both.

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Just remember, you can always “modify” and email address by inserting a plus sign + and a descriptor. So if my child uses my email, I could register under ron.blaisdell@gmail.com, and my child could be ron.blaisdell+child1@gmail.com and they would be considered unique email addresses, and you could even filter any email that comes to “+child1” into its own folder.

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The + trick works for alot of email systems but it is not universal

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True, there are email providers who do not support RFC 5233. And not all use the “+” sign.

Here are a few examples:
Andrew Project (plus), Runbox (plus), Gmail (plus), Rackspace (plus), Yahoo! Mail Plus (hyphen), Apple’s iCloud (plus), Outlook.com (plus), Proton Mail (plus), Fastmail (plus), postale.io (plus), Pobox (plus), MeMail (plus), MMDF (equals), Qmail and Courier Mail Server (hyphen).

If you can add aliases to your email account (email address child@ also goes to your normal email address), that is another workaround.

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Hoping for some help with the “another user is using the same e-mail address” issue. I am the unit Scoutmaster and SB admin but I can’t seem to fix it. My council was unable to help. The problem started when our recharter went through.
User: (name removed by Moderator)
BSA ID: 12887780

She is listed as a parent to SB User IDs (all or were in different units)
2616474 BSA ID 135674325
1130429
2616373
2616406

Thanks,
Brian Cope

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@BrianCope1 This is fixed

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@BrianCope1 I deleted your whole post because we do not want to list Personal data in an open forum - I will send you a direct message > look at top right Avatar to find it > it will be a green dot with a number 1 > it will be a private message channel with select members of the Scoutbook User Advisory Council (SUAC)