Re: how can a password be reset at vim.org

On Tuesday, July 9, 2013 4:30:15 AM UTC-5, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 08/07/13 23:58, John Biederstedt wrote:
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> > Can it be done? The page just says contact bram and come up with a reason you forgot. I don't really have a reason.
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> >
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> If you subscribe to the Vim lists via Google (as Google groups vim_use,
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> vim_dev, vim_mac, etc.), your Google credentials apply. Then if you
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> forget your Google password, you can request a new one to Google -- and
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> change it, if you want, to anything else that you, but only you, will
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> remember easily.
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>
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> The first time you try to post with a new account (with a new account
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> for that list; but of course not with a new password on an already known
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> account), a moderator will have to whitelist you. This is because
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> otherwise we would drown in spam; but it has the side-effect that your
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> first list post may be delayed a few hours. Be patient.
>

I think this post is about the www.vim.org scripts pages login, not the mailing list.

Just send Bram an email. He reset my password pretty quickly when I forgot it a couple years ago. Then you should pick something you'll remember or write it down and keep it in a locked drawer or wallet or something.

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