What is user_email_hash?

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What is user_email_hash?

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Saw this in the users table.
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Re: What is user_email_hash?

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It is the field that is used to index emails.
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Re: What is user_email_hash?

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Or more precisely: it only exists to make sure e-mail addresses are only used once per user (unless your board settings are "addresses can be re-used") and enforces comparing addresses only in lowercase.
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Re: What is user_email_hash?

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I see. Thx.
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