RawBearNYC
2006-01-12, 09:51 PM
*grumble* *mutter* *spit*
Got another e-mail from a user who used his work e-mail address to register for the message boards.
For Pete's sake, people, don't use your work e-mail addresses to sign up for non work-related message boards. Yahoo and gmail are free, just go get one of those addresses. I think you can forward both to your work e-mails if that's important to you. But going straight to your work address is a mistake.
Why, you ask? Because people quit (or they get fired, but noone here would get fired). They quit and get a new job with a new e-mail address. But do they remember to update their profiles on the various sites they join? No.
Next thing you know, they've forgotten their password for the site, and they want me to reset their password. But how do I know they're who they say they are? That they're not a friend, neighbor, relative trying to have a laugh (or worse) by hijacking someone's account.
Now, I have to come up with some clever scheme to let this guy prove he's who he says he is.
*grumble* *mutter* *spit*
Got another e-mail from a user who used his work e-mail address to register for the message boards.
For Pete's sake, people, don't use your work e-mail addresses to sign up for non work-related message boards. Yahoo and gmail are free, just go get one of those addresses. I think you can forward both to your work e-mails if that's important to you. But going straight to your work address is a mistake.
Why, you ask? Because people quit (or they get fired, but noone here would get fired). They quit and get a new job with a new e-mail address. But do they remember to update their profiles on the various sites they join? No.
Next thing you know, they've forgotten their password for the site, and they want me to reset their password. But how do I know they're who they say they are? That they're not a friend, neighbor, relative trying to have a laugh (or worse) by hijacking someone's account.
Now, I have to come up with some clever scheme to let this guy prove he's who he says he is.
*grumble* *mutter* *spit*