Expired Password: 12648 Days Old

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The message indicating a password is "12648 days old" signifies that the user has never changed their password since the default UNIX date of January 1, 1970. Users are required to change passwords biannually to keep email addresses updated. One user experienced frustration when their lengthy post was lost while resetting their password. Another user humorously noted the absurdity of the situation, suggesting it was a sign to avoid embarrassment. Overall, the discussion highlights password management practices and the quirks of online posting.
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Weird Message !?

"Your password is 12648 days old, and has therefore expired"

Ohnoes?
 
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WOW ! PF in the swingin' sixties ??
 
It just means that you've never changed your password. The field that contains the date of your last password change is "0," which is 1 Jan 1970 in UNIX. We've decided to have users change their passwords twice a year just to make sure email addresses stay current. You can rest easy, nothing is wrong. :smile:

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Yeah, except I got that message last night as I hit submit reply, and my post vaporized into cyberspace while I was fiddling around resetting my password. Now the world will never know the wonderful pearls of wisdom I had typed out to share last night, and I must say, it was my most eloquent, thoughtful, insightful, revelation of earth-shattering news ever! But you'll just have to take my word for it now. :approve: :biggrin: :-p
 
Moonbear said:
Yeah, except I got that message last night as I hit submit reply, and my post vaporized into cyberspace while I was fiddling around resetting my password. Now the world will never know the wonderful pearls of wisdom I had typed out to share last night, and I must say, it was my most eloquent, thoughtful, insightful, revelation of earth-shattering news ever! But you'll just have to take my word for it now. :approve: :biggrin: :-p
Strange, I got one of those annoying 'chain mail' emails about the same time ... except it was pure gibberish (apart from 'moc.smuroFscisyhP@raebnooM' in the "From:" field) ... I'm sure it was *completely, totally, absolutely* unrelated :wink: :-p
 
Moonbear said:
Yeah, except I got that message last night as I hit submit reply, and my post vaporized into cyberspace while I was fiddling around resetting my password. Now the world will never know the wonderful pearls of wisdom I had typed out to share last night, and I must say, it was my most eloquent, thoughtful, insightful, revelation of earth-shattering news ever! But you'll just have to take my word for it now. :approve: :biggrin: :-p

Ah shoot, sorry moonbear I should have warned everyone first. :frown:
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
Ah shoot, sorry moonbear I should have warned everyone first. :frown:

Nereid said:
Strange, I got one of those annoying 'chain mail' emails about the same time ... except it was pure gibberish (apart from 'moc.smuroFscisyhP@raebnooM' in the "From:" field) ... I'm sure it was *completely, totally, absolutely* unrelated

Um...I might have exaggerated just a wee bit about the quality of that zapped post. :rolleyes: :wink:

It was only for the general discussion forum anyway. It's my fault for writing a post so long it took 34 years to compose :eek: :smile: Probably just my cyber-guardian angel keeping me from embarrassing myself by posting it. :redface:
 
Moonbear said:
It was only for the general discussion forum anyway.
Hmmph!

(Moonbear knows I love her) :smile:
 
Evo said:
Hmmph!

(Moonbear knows I love her) :smile:

:frown: I didn't mean to insult Evo :cry: But she knows what I meant (I hope). It wasn't a post that involved tracking down quotes from 6 different references with links to the supporting literature, which would have really frustrated me had I lost something that required so much effort. Then again, I usually compose those posts in textedit first since they are quite involved and include a lot of copying and pasting of things I wouldn't want to lose before completing the message.
 

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