# I need to change my email address on SDMB

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [July 24, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931 "2005-07-24T16:17:51Z")
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### Author: ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2005, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931/1 "2005-07-24T16:17:51Z")

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I did this once but seem to have lost the key. I’ve looked everywhere I can think of to edit the address but can find nowhere to do it.

\*\*H E \*\*LP

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### Author: ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2005, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931/2 "2005-07-24T16:20:43Z")

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Click on User CP and choose the “edit email” option.

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### Author: ![David\_Simmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Simmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Simmons)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2005, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931/3 "2005-07-24T21:52:40Z")

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> [@Mr. Blue Sky](#):
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> Click on User CP and choose the “edit email” option.

Done. Thanks much.

I don’t remember that as being the way I did it last time.

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### Author: ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2005, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931/4 "2005-07-24T22:23:22Z")

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> [@David Simmons](#):
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> Done. Thanks much.
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> I don’t remember that as being the way I did it last time.

It’s Hell getting old. I’m 61 this month. :eek:

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### Author: ![wolfstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d6d6ee/32.png) [@wolfstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfstu)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-to-change-my-email-address-on-sdmb/313931/5 "2005-07-24T23:56:01Z")

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> [@David Simmons](#):
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> Done. Thanks much.
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> I don’t remember that as being the way I did it last time.

I think, back before the Board was upgraded to the new version of vBulletin after the Winter of Our Missed Content, the “User CP” didn’t exist, and that there was an “Edit your profile” button or something similar.