The VideoLAN Forums

Right now there is no way to log in to the forum if the username is forgotten. We users have thousands of accounts on web sites and can't remember or save login details for all of them. We depend on being able to either login with an email address and password or being able to retrieve the username for a site using our email address.

Not sure phpBB allows that.

IMHO, the time of administrators of technical sites should be respected.

Limiting the number of userid's which you use should help you. I use a different password for each site, but if I forget that, then using the normal, automated password retrieval system should work fine.

Even though I have dozens of different company email addresses to track, I limit the number of separate email accounts which I use for forums. I have a personal one, and a couple of business ones. As I don't feel the need to change my avatar for each forum, I use a gravatar id when available. I use stackexchange for openid: https://openid.stackexchange.com/ There is a great explanation of open id here: http://openid.net/connect/faq/

Also, if you truly have trouble remembering, then you may wish to use gravatar or openid when supported.

For sites which do not support either, might I suggest using a discreet notebook locked away in a drawer. Also, Firefox's password editor, along with password exporter would help you keep track of them as well.


Unless I had been an active, useful participant in a forum, or it is a paid, subscriber-supported forum, I would not expect individual personal assistance for userid's.

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I hope I have not offended anyone by being so blunt.