So this was originally requested in 2011, finally analyzed by WA in 2017... what is the results of all this??

The problem with using email addresses as the log in has been problematic for over 5yrs. Why has it not been fixed. It is impossible to have a corporate member with the same email address as a regular member -- they have to have 2 unique email addresses. This is frustrating. This is a problem that seems to be constantly ignored that can be solved by adding a username instead of an email address to logon.

We have members who need to belong to two membership levels, but only have one email address and it is difficult/impossible to get them to set up another email address. So we have to pay for two plans. Very frustrated the WA can't seem to 'get' this problem or sort out a workaround.

We have issues with people trying to update their email addresses and ending up with a second account, especially during our renewal periods. I agree the Member ID would be better as the primary key to avoid this issue.

I believe Dave is referring to the WA System field "Email" as a primary key field, i.e. data in the field MUST be unique, just as the Member ID field is unique. Because of this requirement, two people may not share an email address AND have separate Profiles.
My thoughts on this topic: The WA System fields currently are Member ID, First name, Last name, Organization, Email, and Phone. WA requires TWO unique fields per Contact (I understand the value of two primary key fields). However, I see another option for a second unique field.
In addition to the Member ID which is generated by WA from One Number Wheel for EVERYONE, each organization could generate an Org Member ID from there own specific number wheel. The two fields could remain separate -OR- they could be concatenated, either hyphenated or as one longer number.

Thanks for noting, Walt. The broken link was to admin view of the post; fixed now.

The Multiple Membership Subscriptions link above is broken. Maybe you want https://forums.wildapricot.com/forums/308932/suggestions/32359993 ?

Dave, it seems I do not understand the problem . Can you please elaborate?

As each member is allocated an identifying number, why can't WAS use this as the primary key instead of the email address?

We are an organisation of over 3000 members with around 280 shared email addresses. We use email forwarders to cope with this but it is frustrating to have to use forwarders in this way. Two years ago, we were led to believe that code was being developed so that when two members shared the same email address, there would be a login option that would allow the appropriate record to be selected on login. This would be ideal for us. Was a test screen developed for this option, and if so, could the screen be posted in some way to allow a vote on that option?

Folks, I also have husbands/wives sharing emails - yet they are in two separate organizations. The husbands are the key members and main organization - dues, etc. The ladies org is much smaller...

Thus, for members sharing email - I used https://www.mailinator.com (free) - which creates a temporary inbox for some of our ladies. This allows WA to send emails, without failures, and this temp inbox auto-deletes in a short amount of time.

Is it perfect? No. The ladies sharing a husbands email have also been given the option to get their own email address - some have - most will not.

So far, this is working for me - it might work for you.

This is on radar for analysis - we're not yet sure if we actually want to have usernames instead of email. When our membership development team starts analyzing this, they will share there questions and findings here.

Note: even though it is on our radar, there always can be a number of internal reasons when we may decide not to work on in. Do no consider my comment above as a promise to resolve it soon.

Is this on the radar for implementation? I have read the comments below, but I also would like to have the OPTION to enable multiple memberships from the same email. I have a smaller membership and 13 families comprising of 27 individuals use the same email. It would be nice to allow a primary person to manage the household's memberships.

I'll volunteer to run a BETA if this means that I would be able to implement this.

About a third of our membership do not have a unique email address and have for years used a single contact in their organization to receive email on their behalf. When importing our membership contact information I created a custom work email field. I was able to add the members without a unique email address however I cannot send them an information to their admin contact. I would like to see something similar to this that would allow you to select a custom field as the send to email address instead of having to use the default email address field. I think this may solve a lot of problems for people in the same situation.

Do not allow more than one email per adult member. This goes against best practice with respect to acceptance of terms and conditions, most notably waivers. Our insurer requires us to uniquely identify each adult member using their unique email address. There are many outdoor organizations that need membership systems and very few systems that handle waivers properly. WA is close. Don't go backwards.

We have many members with one email and two companies. We would appreciate it if you could please fix this problem. Thank you.

No, sorry :(

@Evgeny, this proposal would be great for us! Is there any ETA yet?

why not use email comment

e.g.:
john.doe@wildapricot;com
john.doe@wildapricot;com(son)
john.doe@wildapricot;com(daughter)

Solution for family members.

Currently it isn't possible to assign the same membership email to multiple members. This would be handy for parents who subscribe their young children as member to the organization in our case a sports-club.