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Password reset mail from Boards Group is legit; boards.* regional sites consolidated

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    #32
    Cloud
    Registered Users Posts: 5,049 ✭✭✭Cloud


    I've posted an announcement - good idea!


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    #33
    copacetic
    Subscribers Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭copacetic


    Cloud wrote: »
    Hi all -

    Yes the e-mail is valid, indicating a reset of passwords on boardsgroup.com (a temporary consolidation of the boards.* regional sites).

    Yes it's a stupid e-mail, just the default vBulletin one which probably doesn't say very much as it is just being called by a script. But there should have been a precursor e-mail sent about a consolidation of the boards.ie sites which mentioned the password reset - apologies if you didn't get that one.

    In any case, since many would have used the same password for boards.ie and boards.*, it's best to force a password reset to be safe.

    I thought I had gotten off lightly with just six complaining e-mails from 10,000 resets :)

    John.
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    I think most people wouldn't replay to a mail like that as would assume it is some kind of spam/phising/email address trawl.

    anyway, apologies, but I marked it as spam for google and deleted it before I saw this...


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    #34
    watty
    Registered Users Posts: 32,417 ✭✭✭✭watty


    I never got the 1st email.

    And it wasn't a gmail account.

    The template emails on vB are easy to edit.

    Well, Cloud has apologised.

    I'm glad it's all cleared up. No kittens or puppies harmed.


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    #35
    congo_90
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭congo_90


    Cloud wrote: »
    I've posted an announcement - good idea!

    Hi Cloud,
    first I heard of it was when I got that email I posted about. If the op's date is taken into consideration it has been ongoing for 3 days without a sitewide announcement? I'm not having a go at you just pointing out this thread wouldn't have happened if it had been. Anyways. Nice to see all is cleared up and someone isn't taking my username :)


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