# Need some admin help

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [October 29, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160 "2017-10-29T17:32:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160/1 "2017-10-29T17:32:10Z")

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Setting up a new computer, and can’t remember password. The link for password recovery is rejecting my email address that I use for the dope. If you guys would be so kind enough to change my email, from [edited by samclem] that would be great.

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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160/2 "2017-10-29T17:34:36Z")

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Not a great idea putting your email address out in the open if you want to avoid spam.

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**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160/3 "2017-10-29T17:38:04Z")

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I know, but I am caught in a loop, I can receive the hotmail messages, but when you hit the link that resets the password, it has to be the email address on file, and the board keeps rejecting it, so I have to do this

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160/4 "2017-10-29T17:46:54Z")

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Just send a Private Message.

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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:** [October 29, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-some-admin-help/800160/5 "2017-10-29T18:14:52Z")

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> [@Siam\_Sam](#):
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> Just send a Private Message.

Yeah. Do that–to engineer-comp-geek. He gets things done the quickest.

I’ll close this one and remove the email addresses.

**samclem** , moderator