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    Member Passwords - how to purge ones you can't remember? —Shiri Dori
   Hi Todd, Quick (or not-so-quick) question. How can one purge passwords that one cannot remember? See, I just added a new pw and was notified that I now have no less than 5 passwords. Gee! I had no idea. I don't know, I guess I just forgot to retire (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Member Passwords - how to purge ones you can't remember? —Kevin Loch
     (...) Whoops, You can't do that. That would leave you with no passwords at all! KL (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
   
        Re: Member Passwords - how to purge ones you can't remember? —Todd Lehman
   (...) Send me an email tonight and I'll wipe out the lot. (*Don't* mail me your password.) Because they're stored encrypted, there's no way to wipe any one out selectively unless you know what it is. Then you can set up the one you want to keep (...) (24 years ago, 8-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
   
        Re: Member Passwords - how to purge ones you can't remember? —Todd Lehman
   (...) Shiri, You can be the first to try the new "retire all old passwords" option: (URL) tell it which one to keep, and it purges the others for you. You can then add a second or third one back if you like...or just keep one. BTW, it's (...) (24 years ago, 9-Jan-01, to lugnet.admin.general)
 

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