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    Never Forget Your Login Again

    By JD Bluefield | April 27, 2008

    Have you ever returned to a site you haven’t frequented in a while, only to realize that you’ve forget your login and password? Some sites have an easy process to retrieve this information, but others can be quite cumbersome.  This is a quick Engineered Living tip to solve that problem once and for all.

    To begin with, I have several email accounts: one for the serious business where money is involved (mortgages, banks, etc.), one for business (BluefieldMoney.com) and others just for fun (craigslist, myspace, and anything I think may generate spam).  The one thing they all have in common is a “Registration” folder.

    Anytime you register or sign-up at a website, they’ll usually email you your login, temporary password and a welcome message.  I don’t delete these.  I move them immediately to my “Registration” folder for safe keeping.  I Engineered this method years ago and a quick look in a couple email accounts produced over 100 separate emails.

    While you’re at it, now would be a good time to stuff all the emails from friends, family and eBay into their own respective folder, then create folders in your web browser to organize your favorite links.

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    2 Responses to “Never Forget Your Login Again”

    1. hugoh Says:
      April 30th, 2008 at 1:21 am

      An alternative is to use KeePass, an open-source free password manager. It’s available at http://keepass.info/ and is well-maintained. It works with many operating systems including PDAs.

      The advantage to this approach is that your passwords are encrypted, portable, easy-to-use, drag-and-drop, and categorized. It’s so handy I keep other information in it also.

      And did I mention it’s installable on a flash drive? For those who don’t yet carry their lives around on these gizmos, see http://portableapps.com/

    2. JD Bluefield Says:
      April 30th, 2008 at 2:49 pm

      Thanks Hugoh for the post and links. Do you use these programs, and if so, how useful are they?

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