Changing Forum Email / New Passwords

Posted by Artel on Tue 08 Feb 2005 03:42 AM — 3 posts, 17,506 views.

USA #0
When I changed my email address on the forum recently, it changed my password too to some jumble of letters and numbers. Would be a lot more convienent if it did not change it if I changed my email. :)
USA #1
The forum sends a new password to verify the email addy, or at least that's what it says in regards to changing your email.

I imagine it would also act as a security feature, prevent someone who happened upon you still logged in to a forum (via cookies) to change your email address to theirs, and then figure out what your password was (which you could use on other sites, etc).
Amended on Tue 08 Feb 2005 07:29 AM by Flannel
USA #2
True. I use a private computer, no cookies, and I have some unique password for this site so I never thought of that possibility.