What reasons are there NOT to use OpenID?

Question

You see a fair bit (in the Geek community anyway) about OpenID. It seems like a good idea. I\'m developing a website that will be targeted at a somewhat less geeky audienc

Answer 1

From what I can tell, it looks like an OpenID provider is not required to give out an account holder's email address, although some do.

If your service requires an email address to communicate with its users (for example, to send out a newsletter - which the many people who have never heard of RSS prefer), then you may have to capture an OpenID AND verify an email address.

A system in which just an email address and password are required and which employs an activation email message would be less work for users.