Ben E Lou
08-02-2004, 11:19 AM
This has come up several times, so I thought I'd post and sticky it to help head it off for some of you. If you change your registration e-mail address in the user control panel, sometimes your account will get changed in such a way that I have to manually reset it in order for you to post. Unfortunately, I receive no notification that I need to make the change.
I have my doubts that this happens *every* time someone changes their e-mail address, because I probably only receive 1-2 e-mails a month from someone who is confused as to why they can't post, and I'd imagine change-of-e-mail-addresses happen more often than that, so we may be dealing with some sort of O.T. here. Point being, I'm not sure what causes it, but I wanted to make you aware that it could happen. If anyone has successfully changed e-mail addresses without Ryan or me having had to manually allow you to post, I'd love for you to post in this thread and let us know the proper procedures for doing so. (My most logical guess is that upon a change, an automated e-mail comes from vbulletin to the *old* e-mail address, and that address isn't getting checked.)
--Ben
I have my doubts that this happens *every* time someone changes their e-mail address, because I probably only receive 1-2 e-mails a month from someone who is confused as to why they can't post, and I'd imagine change-of-e-mail-addresses happen more often than that, so we may be dealing with some sort of O.T. here. Point being, I'm not sure what causes it, but I wanted to make you aware that it could happen. If anyone has successfully changed e-mail addresses without Ryan or me having had to manually allow you to post, I'd love for you to post in this thread and let us know the proper procedures for doing so. (My most logical guess is that upon a change, an automated e-mail comes from vbulletin to the *old* e-mail address, and that address isn't getting checked.)
--Ben