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Printed Date: 12 April 2026 at 12:51pm
Software Version: Web Wiz Forums 12.08 - https://www.webwizforums.com

Topic: email problems

Posted By: megetron
Subject: email problems
Date Posted: 03 April 2006 at 4:03pm

There is a serious problem with emails.

I configured email, and used the "Remind me password".

There, you need to insert username and email, and the forum changed the password ans send ir to the email.

this is creating a security problem since anyone can reset my password because my email is public.

I hope this is a known issue.

Replies:

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 03 April 2006 at 5:19pm

Then I suggest that you don't make your email address public (not just for this but because of spam) or use a different email address that is not public.

The forum has a built in email client so you never need show your email within the forum.

Posted By: wistex
Date Posted: 03 April 2006 at 7:55pm

Most forums only require entering the username or the e-mail, not both. So actually, WWF requires someone to know more information to reset the password than other forums.

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Posted By: megetron
Date Posted: 09 April 2006 at 11:37am

Most forums send the current password to the user's email, and do not changing the password.

If password will be just resend to user, than, there is no problem, and hackers will not be able do terror on the forums.

Posted By: WebWiz-Bruce
Date Posted: 10 April 2006 at 10:43am

Most forums now use 1 way encryption of passwords, this means that passwords can not be recovered once set, so passwords can not be resent.