Please help! Account lockout
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Please help! Account lockout
So apparently I changed my password last time I logged in. I honestly do not remember doing that, and not sure why I would have anyway.
But now every one of my passwords that I use for everything, (I have like 5) does not work. I am not sure if this is a glitch and somebody else changed it, or what.
So of course, I click "Forgot password", send me a link to my email. Oh, guess what, my email linked to my account is a decade-old yahoo email that I haven't had access to in 6 years.
But now my original account (79Lance) that I have had for almost a decade, is inaccessible.
I could just build this temp one up I just made, but dangit I have so many posts on the old one that I can look back and read on when needed. Almost 10 years of membership.
I sent a message to the "contact us" link, but they probably thought I was spam and I never heard back.
Is there anything anyone here can do to help me get my old account back? Is there any kind of proof I can send to verify my identity or something? I really hate to start over, and if there is any way to verify this is the same person, I could definitely do that.
But now every one of my passwords that I use for everything, (I have like 5) does not work. I am not sure if this is a glitch and somebody else changed it, or what.
So of course, I click "Forgot password", send me a link to my email. Oh, guess what, my email linked to my account is a decade-old yahoo email that I haven't had access to in 6 years.
But now my original account (79Lance) that I have had for almost a decade, is inaccessible.
I could just build this temp one up I just made, but dangit I have so many posts on the old one that I can look back and read on when needed. Almost 10 years of membership.
I sent a message to the "contact us" link, but they probably thought I was spam and I never heard back.
Is there anything anyone here can do to help me get my old account back? Is there any kind of proof I can send to verify my identity or something? I really hate to start over, and if there is any way to verify this is the same person, I could definitely do that.
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So apparently I changed my password last time I logged in. I honestly do not remember doing that, and not sure why I would have anyway.
But now every one of my passwords that I use for everything, (I have like 5) does not work. I am not sure if this is a glitch and somebody else changed it, or what.
So of course, I click "Forgot password", send me a link to my email. Oh, guess what, my email linked to my account is a decade-old yahoo email that I haven't had access to in 6 years.
But now my original account (79Lance) that I have had for almost a decade, is inaccessible.
I could just build this temp one up I just made, but dangit I have so many posts on the old one that I can look back and read on when needed. Almost 10 years of membership.
I sent a message to the "contact us" link, but they probably thought I was spam and I never heard back.
Is there anything anyone here can do to help me get my old account back? Is there any kind of proof I can send to verify my identity or something? I really hate to start over, and if there is any way to verify this is the same person, I could definitely do that.
But now every one of my passwords that I use for everything, (I have like 5) does not work. I am not sure if this is a glitch and somebody else changed it, or what.
So of course, I click "Forgot password", send me a link to my email. Oh, guess what, my email linked to my account is a decade-old yahoo email that I haven't had access to in 6 years.
But now my original account (79Lance) that I have had for almost a decade, is inaccessible.
I could just build this temp one up I just made, but dangit I have so many posts on the old one that I can look back and read on when needed. Almost 10 years of membership.
I sent a message to the "contact us" link, but they probably thought I was spam and I never heard back.
Is there anything anyone here can do to help me get my old account back? Is there any kind of proof I can send to verify my identity or something? I really hate to start over, and if there is any way to verify this is the same person, I could definitely do that.
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Joined: Jul 2013
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From: Abilene Texas
Thank you!
I sent you a PM but it is not showing up in my sent box, so I was not sure if it actually sent or not, so I am just replying with the same message here. I updated the email and password and all is good. If you would like to delete the "79lance2" account that would be fine, it was just a temp page so that I could reach someone. Thanks again!