# for some reason, the board's cookies thought I was someone else! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 26, 2002, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258 "2002-03-26T22:22:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258/22 "2002-04-22T01:39:08Z")
Well, it just happened again, so I went to the “user cp”. As I suspected, as soon as I went there, the board recognized me for myself. Oh well, it’s all good if the board ultimately recognizes that I’m **Flamsterette\_X** and not anyone else, right? 🙂 P.S. **Arnold** , I just got your email… thanks. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258/23 "2002-04-22T12:34:34Z")
Oho. I will hazard a guess, then, that you’ve actually been _logged in_ as **Flamsterette\_X** all along, it’s just that the board is sending you someone else’s “welcome back” information. Might I suggest the obvious experiment? If **Arnold** approves, next time you appear to be someone else, post a short message in this thread, and see whose name it gets posted under. Dollars to donuts it appears under **Flamsterette\_X**. If the post does, in fact, appear under your name, then this bug is somewhat less serious than it would be otherwise, and you could probably just ignore it in the future. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258/24 "2002-04-22T13:23:51Z")
zut, I’ve discussed the issue with Flamsterette\_X via e-mail. Thank you for your suggestion though. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2002, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258/25 "2002-04-22T17:05:34Z")
That would be the obvious suggestion, but I don’t think I’d try it, just on the off-chance that it wouldn’t appear under my name. However, I have emailed both **Arnold** and **TubaDiva** about the issue, so it should be taken care of that way, hopefully. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258/26 "2002-04-23T16:42:11Z")
This is an occasional bug . . . seems to have something to do with how vB handles session tracking and proxy servers. We had this problem recently with two people in the same office building. And it’s happened in the past . . . one of the people involved had a “secure” computer and boy was he upset! If you see this problem, the thing to do is to log off the SDMB, delete the SDMB cookie from your computer, reboot, and return to the board. When you accept the new cookie it should be correct. Please let us know (in an EMAIL) if you find any instances of this problem happening again. Sorry you’ve had problems, it’s not a perfect system. your humble TubaDiva Administrator ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2002, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258/27 "2002-04-23T19:37:10Z")
Got your email, **TubaDiva** ; thanks. I will definitely email you and let you know if it happens again! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-some-reason-the-boards-cookies-thought-i-was-someone-else/100258.md?page=1)