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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Passwords? #95627 02/14/03 09:06 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Why would someone be requesting a temporary password for Wordwind here? What's going on? I just received this message at my email address: "Someone from the ip address '172.141.211.243' requested a temporary password for the Username 'wordwind' for the website 'AWADtalk'. This is a temporary password that can be used if you have forgotten your original password. If you did not request this, please ignore this message." Well, I didn't request it. So what gives? Who requested it? And since I was told to ignore the message, I still feel uneasy. Can this person access my account? Please inform, WW Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95628 02/14/03 09:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear WW: I had the same thing happen to me about six months ago. I ignored it, and nothing happened that I know of. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95629 02/14/03 09:17 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I still want to know what's going on, wwh. You ignored it; nothing happened. That's good as long as nothing really happened. But how would we know whether someone had accessed our account? Jackie, can you comment on this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95630 02/14/03 10:40 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Relax, Dub' The temp password is sent only to you. Someone else requested it. It only gets sent to the email address you used when you registered. Whoever requested it has learned nothing except that this stunt doesn't work. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95631 02/14/03 10:40 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... I got it today, too. I'm interested in knowing how many of us here received this same message, WW. Not a comfortable feeling, I agree. A little show of hands, please: Anyone else? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95632 02/14/03 10:52 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... W Wordwind OP Carpal Tunnel OP Wordwind Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Can this address: '172.141.211.243' ...be traced? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95633 02/15/03 02:45 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 I just got another message like WW's, with same address. I will just ignore it. Bill Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95634 02/15/03 04:31 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Can this address: '172.141.211.243' ...be traced? Query: 172.141.211.243 OrgName: America Online OrgID: AOL Address: 8619 Westwood Center Drive Address: Suite 200 City: Vienna StateProv: VA PostalCode: 22182 Country: US NetRange: 172.128.0.0 - 172.191.255.255 CIDR: 172.128.0.0/10 NetName: AOL-172BLK NetHandle: NET-172-128-0-0-1 Parent: NET-172-0-0-0-0 NetType: Direct Allocation NameServer: DAHA-01.NS.AOL.COM NameServer: DAHA-02.NS.AOL.COM Comment: ADDRESSES WITHIN THIS BLOCK ARE NON-PORTABLE RegDate: 2000-03-24 Updated: 2002-08-09 this doesn't mean a whole lot to me, but maybe someone else can help fill in the holes... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95635 02/15/03 01:27 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Faldage and I also received one apiece. 'AOL' rings a bell. Yeah, just ignore it. This has happened before, and amounted to nothing but a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Passwords? #95636 02/15/03 11:06 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I got one, also; am asking Anu for explanation. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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