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student
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 Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:46 am Post subject: [SOLVED] Why do you send password by email? |
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I just created an account, and my nick and password were sent to my email. Now my email provider will have access to my account on this forum.
I think forum admins should fix this.
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xaviermiller
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:50 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
The issue is well known.
You can change your password now, and nobody will get it afterwards 
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Xavier Miller |
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student
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:13 am Post subject: |
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Thanks. I guess developers are busy with more important stuff.
Can I set this thread as [solved] now? How do I do this? |
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xaviermiller
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| Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 8:15 am Post subject: |
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You can edit your first post to edit the thread title
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Hu
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| Posted: Sat Apr 27, 2019 12:35 am Post subject: Re: [SOLVED] Why do you send password by email? |
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| student wrote: | | I just created an account, and my nick and password were sent to my email. Now my email provider will have access to my account on this forum. |
Sending a plaintext password on registration is not best practice, but remember that most websites that require an e-mail address also allow resetting the password via an e-mailed link. If you don't trust your e-mail provider not to abuse their position to steal your account, you should not use them as a registration address for anything. |
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