# log in

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 16, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488 "2001-08-16T02:11:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/1 "2001-08-16T02:11:01Z")

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Despite my name I was a good girl, I remembered my password,  
but I can’t log-in. What’s up?

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/2 "2001-08-16T02:40:55Z")

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If you can’t log in, you’re not here for all intents and purposes. So if you’re not here…why are you here?

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/3 "2001-08-16T03:20:21Z")

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exactly my point!

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**Author:** ![Montfort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Montfort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Montfort)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/4 "2001-08-16T03:38:09Z")

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Then how did you post?

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**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/5 "2001-08-16T05:11:29Z")

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Do you mean that you were logged on already without having to do anything yourself? Do you have cookies enabled? Did you log out (accomplished by hitting the “log out” link on the main page) last time you were here?

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/6 "2001-08-16T05:24:14Z")

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Well, if you’re already logged in, then of course you can’t log in again–it would be redundant, not to mention repetative, duplicative, and already done.

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**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/7 "2001-08-16T14:42:37Z")

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ok, here’s the deal. I wanted to email a thread to someone and I kept getting the ‘you have to log in screen’

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**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/log-in/76488/8 "2001-08-16T15:26:16Z")

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Ah. I believe that feature has been turned off due to concerns about potential abuse.