# How to recover my previous logon

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recover-my-previous-logon/914972>\
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**Created:** [July 10, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recover-my-previous-logon/914972 "2020-07-10T20:47:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recover-my-previous-logon/914972/1 "2020-07-10T20:47:28Z")

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I can’t log on under my previous username (Xema). I can’t seem to come up with the correct password, and when I ask that a password reset be sent to my email address, it doesn’t arrive (perhaps it goes to an old email address?) .

Is there any way to recover my account?

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recover-my-previous-logon/914972/2 "2020-07-10T22:39:58Z")

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Flag this post and ask a mod.

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-recover-my-previous-logon/914972/3 "2020-07-11T01:41:18Z")

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Have you checked your junk mail folder?

I had the same problem.But then I found my password message was registering as junk mail.