This is a feature request.
I really wish to have an email address login mechanism; many of us would probably use multiple systems, and it would be tedious to remember user names, but an email address makes it easy and requires the user to remember the password instead of both.
hello @Amanuel_Elhanan
in the v5 we are working to make sure users are always indentified internally by their uuid instead of their login, opening the ability to change the user name or to have new authz mechanism.
That said, you could already use email adresses as username, canât you?
Hello @charles good to hear from you. âopening the ability to change the user name or to have new authz mechanismâ, thatâs wonderful.
Currently, I can not log in using my email address as username; it would be wonderful if possible.
I guess that what @charles meant was that you can always create users with their email address as the username 
The errors youâre seeing are simply because youâre probably using, say, myusername@my.email.address as the username, while your user is really just myusername (but has that email address).
Youâd need to rename your user to become myusername@my.email.address instead! Then things ought to work as you wantâŚ
⌠and if you canât rename your username, well, you have always the option of creating a new user, and move everything from the âoldâ user to the new 
Yeah, thanks though. Actually, I think it is a valid feature request in general, because it would be good if Cells gives an option for users to use either their normal short user names, such as Charles, or also use their email address if it is added to Charlesâ profile. You know, renaming the username is not a good idea, I guess, because the users might be confused and still want to use their old username, which is short, but some others might prefer an email addressâŚ
I am waiting for V5 eagerly since Charles mentioned that new auth mechanisms are added.
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