Dave Ambrose Posted February 12 Posted February 12 We're going to be making a small change to the way people log in. Currently, you can log in using your forum name. Unfortunately, this leaves you open to having your account hacked which, has happened to a couple of people in the last few months. We will be changing the login to accept only the email address you have registered with the forum. This isn't publicly accessible and should serve to stop the account hacking. The forum is currently accepting email addresses for login. You can make this change now, and the forum will work fine for you. We will stop accepting forum names on 28 February 2025. To prepare, please follow the following steps: Check the email address in your profile. In the top right corner of the page, click on you account name Click on Account Settings in the menu Check your email address. If you need to change it, click Change to the right of your email address If you're using Google, or other password manager, update the entry for the web site from your screen name to your email address You can also choose to update the entry when you log in the next time If you have any difficulty, please send me a PM, or post a comment here. 5 1
stitchdup Posted February 12 Posted February 12 11 minutes ago, michelle said: i never log out so will this effect me it will affect you. when the change happens everybody will be logged out and have to log in with the new proceedure 2 1
RichCostello Posted February 12 Posted February 12 So, if my email address is correct, i don't need to do anything?
stitchdup Posted February 12 Posted February 12 37 minutes ago, RichCostello said: So, if my email address is correct, i don't need to do anything? you should double check your passwords too.
Anglia105E Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Logged in with my email address . . . No problem. David
nickfzr61 Posted February 12 Posted February 12 Hello Dave. Sent you a message about merging two profiles I have. Hopefully you can do it. Thank You Nick
Brutalform Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Hi Dave After updating my phone, I have my password come up as “fill password”. With the update, a new password was generated that’s ridiculously long. I followed the instructions you posted, and my email address is correct. I tried logging in with it, but it just fills my saved password.
Brutalform Posted February 13 Posted February 13 (edited) I’m sorry but I’m not really that tech savvy. Edited February 13 by Brutalform
slusher Posted February 13 Posted February 13 signed in with my new password and email address good to go..
OldNYJim Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Thanks for all that you do for the site, Dave and everyone else behind the scenes!
Straightliner59 Posted February 13 Posted February 13 Just so I'm 100% sure; If I've been logging in with my email address, all along, anyway, I don't need to change a thing, correct?
Brutalform Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I figured it all out. I had to change it in my password app. Thanks Dave for making the site safer.
crazyjim Posted February 13 Posted February 13 I logged out and then logged in using my email and used the same password. So am I go to go now?
stitchdup Posted February 13 Posted February 13 4 minutes ago, crazyjim said: I logged out and then logged in using my email and used the same password. So am I go to go now? yes
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