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Is there any way to get your Lugnet password reset if you have forgotten/lost the original password that was issued with your membership kit? I looked on the password change page, but it doesn't mention what to do if you don't know the current (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) I'll have to ask the system to assign you a new one and call you on the telephone with it or mail it to you. Send phone number or snail mail address. --Todd (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Sounds like maybe you should automate it, and have a script-driven requester that takes the address of the user and then automatically sends the password to the registered address of the person. The same way a lot of websites handle forgotten (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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If you lost your password, follow these simple steps: 1. Notify the Commander-in-charge immediately of the category 5 security breach (you did that). 2. Fill out forms MIL-5111STDPW-Q (password selection form), LUG-2946693-V (membership validation (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) There are, I think, two gotchas with this plan 1. There isn't really a concept of a "registered" email address, per se, that is associated with a user. A user can have multiple addresses. For instance, I have 3 listed on my member page: (URL) (...) (24 years ago, 21-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote in article <Fy11tH.Ep5@lugnet.com>... (...) membership (...) if (...) Don't worry about it then. Sorry, I didn't realize it was going to be so complicated. I'll just continue to look for the original one. (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Geoffrey Hyde <ghyde@ledanet.com.au> wrote in article <Fy1IrB.9qE@lugnet.com>... (...) requester (...) password (...) I agree, 100%. Regards, Allan (...) do (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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Larry Pieniazek <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in article <Fy20EC.6GJ@lugnet.com>... (...) requester (...) password (...) that (...) instance, I (...) (URL) and I have a number of different cookies in force on various machines as well. But if I (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, I think that you find turning your house upside down "more convenient" rather telling. Todd and I have had disagreements about this in the past. Leave it at that. One piece of advice, once you do get your password reset or once you find (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Well, if you don't find it, please don't hesitate to ask for a new one -- it's not really that complicated for me -- don't worry. --Todd (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Haven't set that up yet but I agree it's a good way to go. --Todd (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It'd probably go something like this -- 1. You request a new password at some web page. 2. Server sends a short confirmation e-mail to your known e-mail address. 3. You receive the e-mail and click the hyperlink to bring up a webpage to (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Seems like the standard approach. Here's a wrinkle to think about. You allow multiple passwords. So are you going to generate a new one and leave the old one in force? What if I have 4 already? On the other hand, if you get rid of the old one, (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) typically, i've seen it where: 1) you request a new password (giving a little bit of personal info, name, etc) 2) it's sent to your last known email address. this way, if someone tries to tamper, the new password is sent to your email (...) (24 years ago, 23-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Random suggestion: I wish that my filter and news-post-access settings would follow me around from computer to computer based on the lugnet ID and password. Random suggestion #2, which I think would actually be much more useful: I love the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) It actually does now (as of about 3-4 weeks ago) -- to make it go, sign in with your member ID+password and then fill out the forms (news posting setup, skip-filter, news-by-mail settings) and they'll be stored into your member record on the (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Cool beans! I love this "ask for a feature to find out it's already been implemented" idea. :^D (...) That would be *most* cool. I really like the way the brief mode works, with the suppression of quoted text and all that. It'd be most cool to (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Heck, with an 'unlimited length' option, the brief mode would be a *great* way to view an entire thread -- you would get to see most of the actual writing, with almost none of the quoting. You'd almost never need the quoting, because you'd (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Exactly! That'd be a great choice to have, as an option to choose along with nested full messages and the like - viewing an entire thread in brief mode. -- jJeff <jthompson@esker.com> "Float on a river, forever and ever, Emily" -- Jeff (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jul-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
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