A couple questions

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  1. stoneangel

    stoneangel Active Member VCBF Cherry Scout

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    I have email notifications sent to me. Why is it that sometimes when I click on a link I go directly to the topic and other times I have to sign in? Many times when I sign in I click the 'remember me ' box but then on the next visit I have to sign in?

    Also when I was searching the forums I had to type in some numbers and letters?
    Thanks in advance.
     
  2. Daniel Mosquin

    Daniel Mosquin Paragon of Plants UBC Botanical Garden Forums Administrator Forums Moderator 10 Years

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    Hmmm... do you ever log out when you leave the forums? This shouldn't be happening if you never use the log out button (I don't, so I only have to log in every 6 months or so, when the cookie expires)

    If you're not logged in and attempt to search, then yes, an image captcha is used. This helps to defend against a denial-of-service attack on the server. If the image captcha wasn't in place, someone could write a script that sends hundreds of search queries each minute from multiple machines, bogging down or crashing the server.
     
  3. Liz

    Liz Well-Known Member 10 Years

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    If I clean my cookies out I have to re log in. I had to choose a new number the first time I did this so I wrote it down somewhere and it worked last time I had to start again.

    Liz
     
  4. stoneangel

    stoneangel Active Member VCBF Cherry Scout

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    Thanks. I do log out and I do get rid of cookies when I leave firefox. I think, what I do, is log in and get carried away looking through the forums and other sites. Then I'll go back into my mailbox and click on another link to a subscribed thread while I'm still logged in. So it finally makes sense.
     

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