# To the moderators: When do we get new passwords?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [March 1, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957 "2000-03-01T21:36:00Z")
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### Author: ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2000, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957/1 "2000-03-01T21:36:00Z")

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Concerning the recent down-time of the SDMB, and the exhortation to change passwords–well, when do we do this? I got my original password by e-mail; if new ones are issued, do we check our e-mail messages for this or just click on the hyperlink at the heading of a forum?

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### Author: ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2000, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957/2 "2000-03-01T21:39:00Z")

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Dougie:

You can just go into your profile and change it yourself. I don’t think they are going to send out new ones.

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### Author: ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2000, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957/3 "2000-03-01T21:40:00Z")

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I’ll handle this one, guys.

Dougie, your new password is {whispering} _Swordfish._

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Uke

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### Author: ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)
#### Post date: [March 1, 2000, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957/4 "2000-03-01T21:47:00Z")

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Thanks, Cher. 🙂 I’ve succesfully changed my password.

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"Hey, what’sa matter–you no unnerstan English?–Chico Marx

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### Author: ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2000, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-the-moderators-when-do-we-get-new-passwords/7957/5 "2000-03-02T00:11:00Z")

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Well. _This_ problem seems to have self-corrected. But I’m gonna move it on over to ATMB anyway, just so others with similar questions can see it.

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[Change Your Password, Please](http://204.95.48.199/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ubbmisc.cgi?action=getannounce&ForumNumber=3&Start=2451545.99&End=2451911&Session=2451598.1854) and don’t use HTML, as it has been disabled