Author Topic: A reminder to update your email and passwords (Read 1333684 times)

SleePy · « **on:** March 15, 2010, 06:22:33 PM »

Hello community,

The Simple Machines Team would like to ask all of our users to please check their profiles and update their email addresses. By keeping this information updated, we can continue to contact you with notifications regarding updates such as new releases.

For some time now, after sending announcements such as the "SMF 2.0 RC3 release announcement", we received bounce messages from some of our community members. Some of those members may have received a personal message (PM) recently about the bounced message. Thank you for those who taken their time after receiving the PM to update your contact details.

Some auto replies also indicate the need for us to reply to verify our existence. We will not be replying to these emails and they will be deleted. In addition you may receive the PM informing you of this. The simplest solution would be for you to white list simplemachines.org. If you're not sure how to do this, your email host will have information regarding adding a domain to your white list.

In addition to updating emails, the Simple Machines Team would like to remind all of our community users to update passwords and/or secret questions/answers. Weak passwords or secret questions/answers can lead to your account being compromised. We have had a couple cases recently of this occurring. Please ensure your password is a strong complex password and your secret question and answer is information only you know.

Kill Em All · « **Reply #1 on:** March 15, 2010, 07:29:15 PM »

Also to avoid accounts being hijacked, its good to keep a good anti virus around and run it once a week.

Joomlamz · « **Reply #2 on:** March 15, 2010, 09:51:50 PM »

my is update
thank you

Wiejeben · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2010, 06:50:14 AM »

Yea I know this sucks, but it goes to the SPAM box

program5 · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2010, 12:13:54 PM »

Quote from: Wiejeben on March 16, 2010, 06:50:14 AM

Yea I know this sucks, but it goes to the SPAM box

Mark As Safe-Not Junk and/or whitelist

www.modj.ir · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2010, 04:41:23 PM »

done.
tnx

god save me from my FRIENDs, i can protect myself from my enemies

charlottezweb · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2010, 07:42:38 PM »

To chime in here -- I highly recommend using something like KeePass to create and manage complex passwords. Don't share passwords between multiple sites, your computer, etc. For those of us who are members of all sorts of sites, forums, etc, you should have a different complex password for all of them.

http://keepass.info/

青山素子 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2010, 09:04:24 PM »

Totally agreed with a password manager. I'm using KeePassX, which is a port of KeePass that works on Linux and OS X.

giveaway365.com · « **Reply #8 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:09:18 AM »

updated as always!

kai920 · « **Reply #9 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:50:11 AM »

Quote from: Motoko-chan on March 16, 2010, 09:04:24 PM

Totally agreed with a password manager. I'm using KeePassX, which is a port of KeePass that works on Linux and OS X.

This. Plus, use Dropbox and your kdb file is always within reach

rsdworker · « **Reply #10 on:** March 17, 2010, 02:00:54 PM »

thanks for news - i will change that

gisfreak · « **Reply #11 on:** March 19, 2010, 12:32:42 AM »

hem, my email still working...no need to update

Forbs · « **Reply #12 on:** March 19, 2010, 10:58:40 AM »

thanks man

صلاح الدين · « **Reply #13 on:** March 23, 2010, 02:39:49 PM »

thanks all my information is correct

necrit · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2010, 03:44:32 PM »

For proper security I use Keepass, Panda Antivirus, Process Explorer. Between those three tools i am confident im able to hide my passwords and gauge any anomalies on my system before they become an issue. Also if i understand correctly you are receiving bounce messages? Does the sendmail system you use not properly set its headers to the domain mailer its coming out of? 99% off email systems merely check that the sender originates form the domain they say they do.

青山素子 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 30, 2010, 03:47:03 PM »

Bounces as in the address the users originally used don't exist anymore.

necrit · « **Reply #16 on:** March 30, 2010, 06:04:11 PM »

Yes that i understand. it was the white-listing request for all users to perform that confused me. My forum easily passes as legitimate traffic. I wonder why SMF is not just trusted by the email systems out there. The only thing i can think of revolves around the way the send mail daemon is setup for SMF. Or i guess it COULD be that your server handles hundreds of thousands of messages each month. I will reside my curiosity to be irrelevant but i will note i have SMF mail in my inbox for around 3 years now without problems. maybe new accounts only cause it

Well at least i completed the updates the admins requested.

青山素子 · « **Reply #17 on:** March 30, 2010, 06:55:31 PM »

Some people have "human interaction" filters set up on their accounts. You send a message, then a reply goes back that says to visit some webpage to confirm you are human before the mail is delivered. It's annoying for real humans, but it sure stops spam and cuts back on e-mail! (Hint: It's because you annoy everyone into not sending to you.) Because of the mail volume on this site, and because it's all automated, those "human interaction" mails are discarded. By whitelisting SMF's domain, it ensures that filter won't be used and you'll get mails from this site.

vijay bhaskar · « **Reply #18 on:** April 06, 2010, 07:19:37 AM »

Thanks for the update

Nictoria · « **Reply #19 on:** April 06, 2010, 05:21:18 PM »

Yea I know this sucks, but it goes to the SPAM box

jaisi · « **Reply #20 on:** April 09, 2010, 08:15:41 AM »

thanks!! My Information is correct

NealNorman · « **Reply #21 on:** April 11, 2010, 09:26:27 AM »

Thank I am new here

tntnns70 · « **Reply #22 on:** April 20, 2010, 12:40:29 AM »

Thanks.. will do.

Kcmartz · « **Reply #23 on:** April 29, 2010, 01:49:12 AM »

If you have a droid phone go to market and search "keeper" its a android pass/credit card/etc secure storer...

青山素子 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 29, 2010, 12:04:50 PM »

Quote from: Kcmartz on April 29, 2010, 01:49:12 AM

If you have a droid phone go to market and search "keeper" its a android pass/credit card/etc secure storer...

I recommend KeePassDroid. You'll have to use KeePass 1 (or KeePassX) to create the initial file, but the nice thing is that you can now have a cross-platform way to retrieve passwords.

Kcmartz · « **Reply #25 on:** April 29, 2010, 12:19:21 PM »

Moto, it doesn't have support for the newest db format, ill wait.

青山素子 · « **Reply #26 on:** April 29, 2010, 01:21:04 PM »

Not much supports KeePass 2.x, not even KeePassX (for OS X and Linux). The additional "features" aren't all that great, or at least aren't necessary.

Kill Em All · « **Reply #27 on:** April 29, 2010, 07:25:50 PM »

I prefer nothing to store my CC info, passwords, fine, but thats it.

joyhasit · « **Reply #28 on:** May 14, 2010, 03:33:16 PM »

my is update
thank you!

Sorry i dont post here I been learning and playing with my website lol

Hotcher · « **Reply #29 on:** May 18, 2010, 04:13:34 AM »

I will set it now. I am new, where do I start?

Kill Em All · « **Reply #30 on:** May 19, 2010, 07:20:07 PM »

Go to your Profile, then account settings. Considering your new, you shouldn't have to though.

clefstudio · « **Reply #31 on:** May 20, 2010, 11:53:22 AM »

thanks.

devsycom · « **Reply #32 on:** June 21, 2010, 06:41:54 PM »

thanks

etfg34 · « **Reply #33 on:** July 06, 2010, 03:17:01 AM »

how to save signature?i can not find it.

DoctorMalboro · « **Reply #34 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:41:38 PM »

Quote from: etfg34 on July 06, 2010, 03:17:01 AM

how to save signature?i can not find it.

you can't until you have more than 15 post (i think...).

Kill Em All · « **Reply #35 on:** July 07, 2010, 11:47:16 PM »

Can we lock this topic?

ursimrankhanna · « **Reply #36 on:** July 08, 2010, 05:32:20 AM »

Thx for information i will update soon.

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