[WikiEN-l] Re: Password reminder from Wikipedia

Tue Jul 5 10:57:38 UTC 2005

Isn't this very simple? The verification is, that the password is sent
not to any emailadress but to your emailadress, that you have
registered at Wikipedia that goes together with your user account. Why
don't you log out and try to log in as me, Habj - then you see exactly
how this has happened.

It seems reasonable, IMO, that both passwords should be valid for a
while. Otherwise, I could disturb you by over and over again trying to
log in as you and ask for new passwords, and thereby stopping you from
logging in until you have had the possibility to check your e-mail.

/Habj

On 7/5/05, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> wrote:
> I just received a password reminder, shouldn't such a thing be
> verified before it's given? BTW, I could still login with my usual
> password this morning. While the message was sent 11 hours ago. Also
> the IP resolves to Munich Germany, nowhere near my location. Has this
> been looked into already?
> 
> Someone (probably you, from IP address 84.154.85.157)
> requested that we send you a new Wikipedia login password.
> The password for user "MacGyverMagic" is now "**********".
> You should log in and change your password now.
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