Leaving Mudcat too

Subject: RE: Leaving Mudcat too
From: Lonesome EJ
Date: 23 Jan 00 - 04:55 PM

Mike. Stay. You are needed here.

Subject: RE: Leaving Mudcat too
From: MudGuard
Date: 23 Jan 00 - 04:53 PM

Please, Mike, before leaving, if resetting your cookie does not help or does not work, ask Max whether he can help you.
Perhaps he can do something for you
MudGuard

Subject: RE: Leaving Mudcat too
From: BDenz
Date: 23 Jan 00 - 04:37 PM

Mike -- in case you haven't REALLY gone, at the top of the membership page is a clickable link that says "reset cookie". Click that and follow the notes. I changed computers recently and it needed my cookie placed where it could find it. Now all works fine.

Subject: Leaving Mudcat too
From: GUEST,Mike Billo
Date: 23 Jan 00 - 04:34 PM

This morning I discovered that my postings list me as "GUEST" Mike Billo. I assumed that I needed to reset my cookie as a result of the security measures taken due to someone recently using the name of a Mudcat member other than themself.

Well, after the past half hour spent wrestling with the "help" and membership features, I have learned the following;

1. After 50 years as Mike Billo, I can no longer be Mike Billo, because that name is already in use by someone (presumably, me, Mike Billo)

2; I can no longer use my code word, because that too, is already in use ( again, must be that rascal, ME, Mike Billo)

3. I can't post as Mike Billo because recent security measures have identified me as a "Guest" and not the real Mike Billo.

4. None of the 'help' features are any help at all.

The irresponsible behavior of someone who thought they were playing a prank, has caused a paranoid mindset that has made this place a bummer.

In an effort to protect identity, you've actually robbed me of mine.

There are many here whose opinions I have respected, and whose knowledge and observations I have learned from. I'd like to think that I have contributed a bit myself, but (speaking only for myself) the Mudcat has become more trouble than it's worth.

Adios