# Lost Password **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 5, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366 "2002-05-05T05:38:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guybud5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Guybud5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guybud5)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366/1 "2002-05-05T05:38:08Z")
Hey Admins… HELP! I forgot my password (formerly known as Muffinman) and cannot remember what it was. I have not entered it since I first got my accound (back in 1999 I believe) and entered an email address which I no longer have. Is there any way I could have my password emailed to [guybud5@yahoo.com](mailto:guybud5@yahoo.com)? If not, could this account be merged with my old one? If you don’t believe me, then I think the absence of any new posts from “Muffinman” and the similar posts under “Guybud5” should make clear my identity within several months. Come on, y’all, help me! I even bought the SD t-shirt! ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366/2 "2002-05-05T13:44:12Z")
You really shoudn’t have created a new handle. You should have emailed a mod. Which is what you should still do. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366/3 "2002-05-05T15:22:20Z")
The usual process for resolving a forgotten password: Try and log in by guessing at your old password. If you guess wrong, you will see this message: > [@](#): > > Wrong Password. Please press the back button, enter the correct password and try again. Don’t forget that the password is case sensitive. Forgotten your password? Click here! When you click on the word here, you will be be presented with a page that says > [@](#): > > If you have forgotten your username or password, you can request to have your username emailed to you and to reset your password. When you fill in your registered email address, you will be sent instructions on how to reset your password. You then type in the e-mail address corresponding to your SDMB username and the password will be e-mailed to you. If you don’t receive the e-mail after a few hours, e-mail an administrator and ask them for help. Send the e-mail from the address corresponding to your SDMB username, and in the e-mail tell us what your SDMB username is. In your case, since you don’t have access to the Muffinman e-mail address any more, you should ask us to fix the registration for you. Even if you can’t sign on to the SDMB, you can still read the announcements and the FAQ in this forum. You will notice that [the announcement](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/announcement.php?forumid=2) says > [@](#): > > This also goes for any other problem with your user name; if you have any problems signing in to the board, write an email to any administrator. Or write to all of us, first one to get there will get it. We’ll retrieve your registration, assign you a new password, etc, whatever it takes. > **Do NOT re-register with a new screen name.** It’s one to a customer and we disapprove highly of multiple screen names. and the [technical issues FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1930292#post1930292) says > [@](#): > > Q: How do I e-mail a staff member if I have problems logging in? I can’t look up a profile. > > A: At the [Straight Dope Homepage](http://www.straightdope.com/) you can find TubaDiva’s e-mail address. Search for the word TubaDiva. At [Arnold Winkelried’s pitiful home page](http://home.earthlink.net/~awinkelried/) you can find his e-mail address (bottom of the page). Please send the administrators (TubaDiva, Arnold Winkelried, C K Dexter Haven, LynnBodoni, Gaudere) an e-mail asking for help in resolving your situation. ---
**Author:** ![Guybud5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Guybud5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guybud5)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366/4 "2002-05-06T00:07:00Z")
I am not particularly attached to Muffinman… If I could just switch to this name, that would be fine. I had only 200 odd posts anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2002, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366/5 "2002-05-06T01:40:44Z")
**Guybud** , then you need to email one of the administrators to close down the Muffinman screen name. ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2002, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lost-password/107366/6 "2002-05-07T18:17:13Z")
I doubt they’d go for that. I think it’s much more likely that you’ll be able to change the old name to something else, whilst this one is deactivated.