The \"lost password\" function is not working. It accepts my username and eMail address but no email is received.

I recall previous discussion that the eMail notification feature was no longer working.

Is SMTP being blocked by the group hosting the Board ?

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It appears to be affecting some people and not others.

http://www.climateprediction.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=3273

Thus, some ISPs have the new notification e-mail address domain name as being bad (perhaps a spammer) and are automatically blocking e-mails from it? This is my only guess.

>> It appears to be affecting some people and not others.

OK, thanks Geophi.

I have the same problem as mo.v reports in that thread. My automatic logon is no longer working. Unfortunately my habit is to not remember online passwords and I just use the \"forgot password\" feature when a new login is required.

I do not believe it is a spam filter thing as my ISP flags spam but continues to forward it. I forward spam to a personal folder using an Outlook rule. Since there is nothing in the spam folder from CPDN I suspect that I am not even receiving the eMail.

I will take a look at the browser cookies and reset the cache .. but if, as you say, my ISP is black holing the domain name there is not much that I can do but be an anonymous observer on the PHP BBS.

thanks for your reply.

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Well .. I tried re registering using another handle but that was rejected as my email address is already in use. And so it is ... on the handle that I cannot reset the password on. heh !

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Hi Chilcotin and Geophi

My automatic logon to the php forum still isn\'t working in IE (it works in Firefox and on all other sites I visit in both browsers).

Chilcotin said
I will take a look at the browser cookies and reset the cache ..

How will you do this? I have no idea where to go or what to do.

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>> How will you do this? I have no idea where to go or what to do.

mo.v ... in Internet Explorer the Browser cache can be cleared by navigating to Tools \\ Internet Options \\ Delete Files \\ Delete all Offline Content . This will delete the temporary files that are created when you browse sites on the Internet. If you haven\'t done this in awhile the process can take a few minutes to execute. It\'s good practice to clear the cache periodically. Some financial institutions recommend that you clear the cache after every online banking session. Clearing the cache can sometimes resolve browsing problems with a site, particularly if the site has been relocated or is undergoing active maintenance.

If your are using Windows (Windows XP in my case) then your cookies will be located on your hard drive in the folder c:\\ Documents and Settings \\ %username% \\ Cookies \\ .. where %username% represents the ID that you are using on that specific machine. If you log in to your machine with the user name of \"ferd\" then the it will be .... \\ferd\\Cookies ..

The particular cookie used by the CPDN PHP bulletin board is %username%@www.climateprediction[2].txt . This cookie appears to contain encrypted copies of the CPDN PHP ID and password. So .. when you browse to the CPDN PHP bulletin board your cookie is retrieved and your ID and password contained in the cookie are presented for authentication.

So .. clearing the cache might help if there have been changes to the site and deleting the cookie might help if your ID and password have become corrupted somehow.

Unfortunately none of these strategies worked for me as I did not retain my password and the problem is that the eMail process for password retrieval appears to be broken (for me).

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There are two threads on the community board about missing emails / cookies:
<a href=\"http://www.climateprediction.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=3273\"> here,</a> and <a href=\"http://www.climateprediction.net/board/viewtopic.php?t=3334\"> here.</a>

Thanks Les .. the second link provides the explanation for the automatic login process breaking. I see that the originating poster is also experiencing problems with the eMail password reset process.

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Chilcotin, thanks for the detailed help. You correctly deduced that I need click-by-click instructions! I didn\'t know about this as a general piece of advice, so it\'s very useful.

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