Thanks WinCOM 36 / MacCOM 7

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>> How do I stop the need to manually type in my com password everytime when I

>> now log in under wincom 36. This is a unnecessary hassle.I wish to delete

>> this option. I'm no security risk. I'm no GBC, guru etc. How do I do it?

>>

>> If I would have known that it (wincom36X) would demand it, I probably would

>> not of upgraded it from Wincom30.

 

Ramakanta prabhu wrote in thext number 2433367 that:

 

> The main changes in WinCOM 36 / MacCOM 7 since WinCOM 34 / MacCOM 6 are:

>

> - If you log in again without having exited WinCOM since last login, then you

> don't have to type the password again. Just press ENTER or click OK.

 

 

If you exit WinCOM / MacCOM then you will have to enter the password again.

 

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In one of the previous texts Ramakanta prabhu wrote why is it like this now,

that

passwords have to be entered every time (Text: 2168503)

 

> I still use wincom 30a and am glad I didn't "upgrade." I do not like being

> forced to enter a password every time I use wincom on my own computer.

 

In the past there were some shocking cases where some young kids went into

COM and were looking into all the conferences. To avoid this in the future

the authorities of COM have decided that every COM user must enter his

password every time when he logs in. COM is even prepared also the request

WinCOM 30 users to enter their password. The SysOp simply has to enable it.

 

Please consider that COM is not like a karmi BBS. COM has confidential

conferences with sensitive information not meant for others. And under no

circumstances an unauthorized person should have access to these

conferences.

 

You may say that only you have access to your computer. Ok, but how should

WinCOM and COM know that? Therefore WinCOM (and soon COM) asks for your

password every time you log in.

 

If you don't like to enter the password each time, then don't use WinCOM,

but use another mail reader to send and receive messages through the

Internet.

 

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There is another reason why it is like this now. Because COM users very often

forgot their

password or they changed it by mistake and if something went wrong with their

computers, meaning that software had to be reinstalled they could no longer

login to COM and as a consequence Raktambhar prabhu and mataji Mukhya got a lot

of mail about forgoten or unknown COM passwords.

 

In this way everybody is forced to remember their password.

 

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I hope this helps to get things cleared up.

 

Your servant,

Acyuta-priya dasa