# Logging in while posting
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-in-while-posting/134990
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 2, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-in-while-posting/134990 "2002-11-02T11:44:40Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Poloin99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poloin99)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2002, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-in-while-posting/134990/1 "2002-11-02T11:44:40Z")
At the bottom where you type your response there is a field for your name and password. Is this used to log in while submitting your response at the same time? If so could someone tell me how to work it. I always in my info and it always takes me to the log in screen.
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### Author:  [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)
#### Post date: [November 2, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/logging-in-while-posting/134990/2 "2002-11-02T11:58:43Z")
Far off in the uncharted backwaters of the Straight Dope Message Board lies a small, unregarded forum called [About This Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=2). The topmost thread therein is titled [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503). Therein shall you find the answer you seek. [Saith **Gaudere**](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1996510#post1996510):
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> Q: Why doesn’t it work when I try to log in at the quick reply box?
> A: I don’t know. It doesn’t appear to work at other boards that have the quick reply either. If someone figures out a fix, we’ll implement it. I could remove all the login info altogether, but we thought that it would be useful to show the poster’s name by the reply window, to hopefully cut down on people sharing computers posting under the wrong username.
> Do **not** use the Quick Reply box _unless_ your username appears as the logged in user under the reply field.