# SDMB log in question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 12, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623 "2002-05-12T13:10:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623/1 "2002-05-12T13:10:33Z")

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Okay, this is going to sound stupid, as I don’t know enough about how this computer or board operates.

Occasionally, when I come to view the message boards here, I am told I can’t reply or post a new thread because I am not logged in. Most recently it was last night and now this morning. So I had to type in my username and password to get in. And the time shown is GMT. This seems to happen randomly. Why would this happen?

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**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623/2 "2002-05-12T14:26:44Z")

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Im sure it’ll be put in ATMB in a moment…anyway, what works for me is going back to  
[straightdope.com](http://straightdope.com) & getting to the boards from there, that sets for me a proper cookie  
with UBB. After doing that I use this URL:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/)  
which doesn’t require me to login again.

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**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623/3 "2002-05-12T16:01:27Z")

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[**Arnold** on the subject](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=105272).

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623/4 "2002-05-12T16:29:47Z")

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Thanks for the replies.

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623/5 "2002-05-12T20:40:50Z")

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Since this is a question about this message board, I’ll send the thread over to ATMB.

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**Author:** ![PolskiKing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a5b964/32.png) [@PolskiKing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolskiKing)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-log-in-question/108623/6 "2002-05-12T23:14:25Z")

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You have your cookies working, Baker? That could be the problem. Personally, I dont like using them up on SDMB so I turned em off. Make sure you dont have them off too.

-PK