ninearches Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 For some reason i logged in this morning & my account wouldn't let me in . Eventually i got it back with a user name displayed that i use for another forum but which i didn't enter myself . What is going on ,I have sent contact messages to the mods & got nowhere ? Davy51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 3, 2021 Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 I had a similar issue recently that turned out to be due to somewhere along the line I had created 2 chrome accounts and I’d managed to switch to the older one which wasn’t recognised. Thought we had a new member here for a moment. Bill ☹ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninearches Posted September 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2021 No Bill. Things seemed to start going wrong yesterday when i decided to check my sky emails which i had already done earlier in the day without any problem. When i tried again in the afternoon i got a "safety" notice advising me to click a link to my google account & things have been somewhat different since ,although they seem to be settling down again ,but i am left with a dead login to this forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 i do hope you have not been compromised by a scammer. I am always wary of any notice that advises me to "click this link to (whatever)" anything like that i am not expecting i will usually go via the normal route to get to the page. For example if it said "click link to go to Warrington worldwide page". Rather than use that link i would use the link i have in my bookmarks and then see if there was a reason for the link in an email being sent. it may be me being paranoid but prefer that to having to figure out why my pc is acting funny all of a sudden. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninearches Posted September 4, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 Strangely enough Sid, i have since found out that when the notice comes up if i click the "help" in its corner i can get in my emails anyway . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted September 4, 2021 Report Share Posted September 4, 2021 Davy, did you by any chance tell sky to collect your gmail for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninearches Posted September 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 I think that could be what the message said , Con. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 Gmail is very touchy about such things and required a particular protocol to let third parties collect your mail. They also moan every time you use a new mail client on a different device requiring you to say that you recognise the transaction before unlocking the server. Added to that Warrington Worldwide server for the forum is very unhappy about letting google addresses through and it makes for a total mess. To get to Gary you have to mail from another address altogether I seem to recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 I think i may have a gmail account set up but cannot for the life of me remember any of the details of it. never used for anything that i am aware of. i have a yahoo one, a hotmail one, and an ntlworld one. apart from the ntlwolrd one that gets looked at first thing in the morning the others get checked on a Saturday. those two usually have either faceache messages on or moneygram spam and even the spam is dropping off after i sent them all a message saying keep the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninearches Posted September 6, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 I have had the sky email for about 20 years even though i am now with virgin & it is so convenient normally to stick with the sky one > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused52 Posted September 6, 2021 Report Share Posted September 6, 2021 34 minutes ago, Evil Sid said: I think i may have a gmail account set up but cannot for the life of me remember any of the details of it. never used for anything that i am aware of. i have a yahoo one, a hotmail one, and an ntlworld one. apart from the ntlwolrd one that gets looked at first thing in the morning the others get checked on a Saturday. those two usually have either faceache messages on or moneygram spam and even the spam is dropping off after i sent them all a message saying keep the money. You need one for an android smartphone I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted September 7, 2021 Report Share Posted September 7, 2021 16 hours ago, Confused52 said: You need one for an android smartphone I think. I would need to get an android smartphone first though and be a proper dual sim one at that rather than a dual sim if you don't put a memory card in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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