Forgot username

If a user forgets their username, how are they supposed to recover their password?

There is a way of doing this -borg-

Borg:

I'm confused. You really didn't think of that?

90% of the forums and web registration systems that I use have a forgot username/password system that only requires you to know your email address.

I presumed you did the username/email for security reasons. A malicious user could see if a person was registered at a site just by entering that person's email address.

I have a list of frequently used username/passwords that now exceeds 150. For some rarely used sites I don't keep track of my username, I have it email my logon credentials if I ever need to log on to the site.

Borg:

Any progress on this?

Here's the deal. By not allowing a person to recover their username via their email address, they will just register for another account on a given forum. Having multiple accounts on a forum just exacerbates the problem.

Again, I would suggest having a recover username (and password?) function where the use enters their email address, and the pertinent info is emailed to them.