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List:       nextgen-online
Subject:    Re: [Nextgen-online] Forgotten password link
From:       "James Scoble" <jscoble () uwc ! ac ! za>
Date:       2008-11-30 14:48:06
Message-ID: 4932C3C6020000A8000450DC () ngwway ! uwc ! ac ! za
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>>> Paul Scott <pscott@uwc.ac.za> 11/29/08 4:43 PM >>>
>Why do we ask users to fill in their username and email address to
retrieve a lost password?
>As far as I am concerned, we know their email address, so why ask?

Well, it changes the system when they do that, so the extra info (which
has to match) at least makes it one step harder for someone else to
reset your password for you just for mischief.
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