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Forgot login page does inform you whether an account exists or not

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  • 30-05-2013 3:19pm
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    arkham79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭


    Hello,

    Despite the note to the contrary, if you hit the re-send the password link on the forgot login page, it does appear to tell you whether the account exists or not. I discovered it completely by accident while trying to figure out if I had ever registered with an old e-mail address.

    Cropped shot: http://imgur.com/9OndHfs

    A.


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    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    Indeed, nice catch. At one point we did have the system always return an "email sent" success message but found there were a lot of users entering usernames/emails that simply didn't exist. They would then get in contact with our hello@ email account to ask why they never received the mail. In short, it proved too confusing.

    We'll edit the note on the forgot password page, thanks for informing us.

    Danny


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    Boards.ie: Danny
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,609 ✭✭✭Boards.ie: Danny


    The text on the forgot password page has been updated - thanks.

    Danny


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