# Why can't I post and logon in the same action?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-post-and-logon-in-the-same-action/217528
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [December 7, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-post-and-logon-in-the-same-action/217528 "2003-12-07T07:32:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Poetgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poetgrrl)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-post-and-logon-in-the-same-action/217528/1 "2003-12-07T07:32:08Z")
Many other message boards that I’ve been to allow you to put in your name/password and post a message, but it seems like here, when I do that, it goes to a ‘log in’ window. Then when I log in, it forgets what forum I was in! :mad: arggghhh its really frustrating since I don’t have the computer ‘remember’ my username and stuff.
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### Author:  [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2003, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-post-and-logon-in-the-same-action/217528/2 "2003-12-07T07:58:42Z")
From [FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=103503)
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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.**
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-i-post-and-logon-in-the-same-action/217528/3 "2003-12-07T08:37:18Z")
Is it at the Quick Reply window that you’re having a problem, **Poetgrrl** , or that you don’t log in at the start of reading the messageboards?
If you’re using a public computer, then yes – you’ll have to log in everytime, without the ease of cookies.