CharlieB Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 When signing in today, I entered the wrong password and my account was locked out for 15 minutes. Is this to stop spammers or can it be fixed? Thanks...Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted June 7, 2016 Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Hi Charlie, Yes, it is to keep spammers from hammering the site. I think it allows three tries before the time limit starts. I will check into this. Thanks Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieB Posted June 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2016 Since that's the reason, I'm fine with it. It locks te user out for 15 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted June 8, 2016 Report Share Posted June 8, 2016 2 hours ago, CharlieB said: Since that's the reason, I'm fine with it. It locks te user out for 15 mins. Hi Charlie, the settings for the upgrade are the same as before. If a user tried three or more times with an incorrect username or password it is set to locked for 15 minutes and then the user can try again. I am glad you were ultimately able to get in. Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted June 9, 2016 Report Share Posted June 9, 2016 Also it's worth mentioning to never put your email address on any correspondence here as Spammers will have a hey day with that. I found that out the hard way once when I posted on Model Ship World. Thank goodness the administrator quickly took it off a post however I still got bombed with quite a bit of spam for months on end. So even though this new format will take a bit of getting use to it's security features are worth it! Jeff Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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