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Subject: 
Re: LUGNET Memberships
Newsgroups: 
lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general
Date: 
Mon, 25 Sep 2000 00:39:04 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Dan Jezek writes:
Wouldn't it be easier to e-mail the forgotten password to the e-mail address
your members input upon registration?

I started doing that about 2 weeks ago.  It generates a password, sends an
email with that password, then stores the encrypted password.  The membership
packet then contains a backup password.

In the case of older members, or if someone deleted the mail -- basically, if
they just can't find it at all -- then the system can regenerate a new one
and send that.

--Todd



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  Re: LUGNET Memberships
 
(...) Wouldn't it be easier to e-mail the forgotten password to the e-mail address your members input upon registration? That e-mail could be intercepted but I don't think a lot of people would go into that kind of trouble to be able to look at (...) (24 years ago, 24-Sep-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.admin.general)

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