[nzlug] ihug's "forgotten password" dialog...

[Mark Foster]

Actually i'd assume it is relying on the fact it'll email you your 
password, and if you have a pop3 mail client set up with 'save password' 
that you've since forgotton, you'll thus still be able to get into the 
account in question.

As webmail relies on you entering the password every session I doubt it'll 
be much good for you - unless you've saved the password in your browser.

Just a stab in the dark.
Mark.



On Sat, 1 Dec 2007, Simon Bridge wrote:

> On the forgotten password dialog (for webmail) in ihug, I see:
> "Hint: This will only be helpful if you check your email using an email
> client that has remembered your password, like Microsoft Outlook."
>
> ... does this mean that a web page can extract the saved passwords from
> MS Outlook (via a browser)?
>
> But isn't that useless anyway: I mean, if I am looking for my password,
> surely my client has *not* remembered it for me?
>
> I note that it doesn't work for evolution mail, even when I know the
> password has been saved. So the hint is *wrong* anyway.
>
> I'd send this to ihug but all I get these days in #*@! Clippy - I mean -
> Smiley.
>
>
>
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