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bajalou
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Posting from a different machine
Doug
A couple times I have been in librarys and try to post to various threads and the "Who Can Post?" says anyone, but my post is rejected with a comnment
about having to be registered to post .
I don't have my passward to log on from other machines so wanted to just post anonamously and sign the post.
Whad did I do wrong and how do I correct it??
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David K
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Lou, you have got to remember your password or get a new one. Only the Q & A and Baja News forums allow anonymous posting (I think). You can change
your password to an easier one by clicking on 'Your Control Panel' at the top of the page. The new password will be emailed to the email you
registered with.
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BajaNomad
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ooops.... sorry, just saw this question Lou.
The posting page says that "all users can post" and "all users can reply" on most forums.
"Users" are people that have usernames, and have signed in.
As mentioned by DK, only the Baja News and Baja Q&A forums allow Anonymous postings ... and they say so on the post/reply pages for those forums.
Also, as DK mentioned, you might want to change your password to one that's easier for you to remember. This is done in the user "control panel" -
which you can find the link to near the top-right of your screen after you've logged in.
Contrary to DK's note, your new password is *not* emailed to you, as you should already know what it is. The system emails new passwords that it
assigns upon signup, and when you tell the system you've lost your password - as it then reassigns a password and sends the new (random) one out.
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David K
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Contrary to DK's note???
DM, I am confused... you say the NEW password is emailed, which is what I said... ??? Then you say one should already know their new password... How
would one already know what the new password is, BEFORE the system emails it out??? Is there and ESP feature I don't know about? 
Just funnin' ya Doug!
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bajalou
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I understand him David
If I change my password, the new one I select will not be emailed to me cause I know it.
If I have him get me a new one, then it's emailed to me.
Thanks Doug
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bajalou
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Well, I changed my password in the account area, logged back on with it?? all OK
turned machine back on a little later and can't get in with the new password/?????
At least it doesn't show show me logged it.
What's next - not showing logged in means no access to my account??
But since I can post here - the server thinks I'm logged it ??? I'm lost again.
[Edited on 10-23-2004 by bajalou]
[Edited on 10-23-2004 by bajalou]
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David K
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I think the instructions need to be rewritten... Since I write backwards, it should be someone else. There must be an easier way for this to work. Hey DM, what do you say?
Frankly, why do so many of you use passwords that you can't remember? Try family member names for a password (mother's maiden, child's middle name,
etc.). These would be things nobody could guess, even if you feared somebody stealing your name to post here!
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bajalou
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That's what I was trying to do - use a password that I can remember not the really different one that is generated. Apparently, something knows this
cause I am posting, but I show "not logged in" and of course can't access my account to "subscribe"
And now my time is off by 7 hours. Shows 8 instead of 1 etc.
[Edited on 10-23-2004 by bajalou]
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David K
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Yah, the default is Greenwich mean time. This is odd, you post as if your logged in, but you're not!
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bajalou
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Yes, I'm trying what he told Keri, I deleated the cookie and am now going to reboot and see what happens.
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Keri
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Still can't get in acct.
Glad I'm not the only one having this problem I was begining to think I was crazyloca. I know Doug will figure a way out of this mess,k  
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Keri
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Yea!!!!!!!!!. I'm Back on line again.
I don't know how but thanks Doug,k 
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bajalou
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Well, I rebooted after deleteing th cookie, and still able to post but showing not logged in.
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BajaNomad
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David,
You said that if they change their password in the control panel that the new one is then mailed to them.
It is not, nor does it need to be, as they should already know what it is - since they set it.
The board only mails a password to them when they first signup, or if the system must assign them a new one if they indicate they've forgotten the old
one.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
DM, I am confused... you say the NEW password is emailed, which is what I said... ??? Then you say one should already know their new password... How
would one already know what the new password is, BEFORE the system emails it out??? Is there and ESP feature I don't know about?
Just funnin' ya Doug! |
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BajaNomad
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Well, I rebooted after deleteing th cookie, and still able to post but showing not logged in. |
Lou,
Any chance you're running Norton Anti-Virus software?
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bajalou
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Yes, I have Norton AntiVirus and am using Firefox instead of IE
All was well until I changed the password.
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David K
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Doug, sorry but I was talking about the password (be it temp. or not) that the system creates. Obviously your custom password is what you enter... I
guess it was only obvious to me!
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BajaNomad
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To the best of my knowledge:
A) The forum software is functioning just as intended. I cannot presently diagnose any issue on the side of the server/forum.
B) The forum software requires the use of "cookies" to identify users and allow them access, including use of extra features (like U2U).
C) The issues being presented here indicate a problem for FORUM system to read the cookies placed on the USER system.
Thought: Norton/Symantec software is prone to many software/protocol conflicts, and could easily be the issue here. You may want to disable certain
Norton features, such as the personal firewall, etc., and see if the problem continues, or clears.
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bajalou
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OK Doug, thanks here is what I did
Disabled Norton AutoCheck
Requested new password - didn't work
Closed the site in Foxfire
opened it in IE
logged on with new password
Checked - now again have cookie
Closed IE
Opened site with Foxfire
Logged in with new password
On line - showing logged in - U2U and account all available.
Don't know which did what, but suspect Foxfire not compatable for some reason. But set up using IE, then Foxfire all is well.
Just for your future reference.
Just for a test, think I will close Foxfire - open forumwith IE and change password to one I can remember again and see if this works
[Edited on 10-24-2004 by bajalou]
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http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/nip.nsf/pfdocs/20021108...
http://www.muchwarez.com/forums/showflat.php?Board=guest&Num...
http://www.mesalibrary.org/help/cookies.htm
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Web/Browser_Issues/Q_2099467...
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-36075.htm...
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– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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