Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2010 5:21 pm Post subject: Nickname worked for donation but not log in
I made a donation recently and connected it to my nickname. It seemed to work because the "thank you" message came to my email address. However, I couldn't get a password retrieval using that nickname. It wasn't found in the database. So, I created a new account using the same nickname and email. The system took it. Now, I can post to this forum, which suggests that the donation got connected up with the new account. What the heck is going on?
Specifying a nickname when you make a donation does not create a login into this site. The nickname that you specified is only used once you have created an account on this site.
In other words, if you donate and say that your nickname is "X" but you have not actually setup account "X" on this site yet, nothing happens. But when you later setup account "X", our software looks through all donations and any donations that have "X" as their nickname or that have the same e-mail as your account will get linked to your new account.
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