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#95637 02/15/03 11:15 PM
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I asked webmaster for an explanation six months ago, but got nothing.


#95638 02/15/03 11:17 PM
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Oh my goodness, he already answered! He says someone is playing a prank, like ringing a doorbell, and that there is "no cause to worry".

A new thought: I wonder if there are other boards that had the same thing happen? Somebody getting their jollies out of hacking, or testing their program-writing skills?


#95639 02/15/03 11:38 PM
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Thanks, Jackie, for writing to Anu.

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Somebody getting their jollies out of hacking, or testing their program-writing skills?

That happens regularly in HTML-based chat rooms. But this is an example of neither. There's a button right up front on the login page: "I forgot my password." I clicked on it and Viola's your aunt! A temporary password message, identical to the one may of us received (except it features my own IP#) was immediately mailed to me.


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AnnaSherlock!


#95642 02/16/03 12:46 AM
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Viola's not my Aunt!


#95643 02/16/03 01:26 AM
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.... your aunt being....


#95644 02/16/03 01:36 AM
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Hey!...my Aunt Being happens to be a very nice lady! You leave her alone!


#95645 02/16/03 02:42 AM
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my Aunt Being

Well, at least your aunt's not Flo.


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I think we've all been hanging around musick too much!


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