Plusnet Query

Evening

I somehow seem to have contrived to forget (already)the password I set
for my sisters new Plusnet account (in the process of being transferred
from another ISP)

I have absolutely no idea how to seek assistance from PN as all avenues
seem to point me down the route of logging in.

Any suggestions from the helpful lurking PN support guys would be welcome.

Cheers

Alan (obviously do not wish to be to specific in a public newsgroup)

Try ringing PlusNet on 0845 1400200 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

On Thu, 19 May 2005 21:44:07 +0100, Alan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Evening
>
> I somehow seem to have contrived to forget (already)the password I set
> for my sisters new Plusnet account (in the process of being transferred
> from another ISP)
>
> I have absolutely no idea how to seek assistance from PN as all avenues
> seem to point me down the route of logging in.
>
> Any suggestions from the helpful lurking PN support guys would be
> welcome.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan (obviously do not wish to be to specific in a public newsgroup)



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Alan wrote:
> Evening
>
> I somehow seem to have contrived to forget (already)the password I set
> for my sisters new Plusnet account (in the process of being transferred
> from another ISP)
>
> I have absolutely no idea how to seek assistance from PN as all avenues
> seem to point me down the route of logging in.
>
> Any suggestions from the helpful lurking PN support guys would be welcome.
>
> Cheers
>
> Alan (obviously do not wish to be to specific in a public newsgroup)

Hi there,

You'll need to give us a call on the number quoted by the other poster.
Try to have the payment details for the account handy.

Kind Regards,

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On Fri, 20 May 2005 01:03:45 +0100, PlusNet Support Team
<(E-Mail Removed)_> wrote:

>You'll need to give us a call on the number quoted by the other poster.
>Try to have the payment details for the account handy.

I've always been puzzled as to why Plusnet don't have a password
recovery feature on the portal, based on the usual "answer the
security questions" model.
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On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:00:37 +0100, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>I've always been puzzled as to why Plusnet don't have a password
>recovery feature on the portal, based on the usual "answer the
>security questions" model.

I should have said "password reset" rather than recovery.
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On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:03:09 +0100, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:00:37 +0100, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>I've always been puzzled as to why Plusnet don't have a password
>>recovery feature on the portal, based on the usual "answer the
>>security questions" model.
>
>I should have said "password reset" rather than recovery.

probably because far too many people choose idiotic security questions
(encouraged by idiotic banking practices which suggest things like
spouses birthday, mothers maiden name, etc), and with a web-based
form, a thief could have several tries if they got it wrong the first
time.

On Fri, 20 May 2005 20:41:51 GMT, Mark McIntyre
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:03:09 +0100, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 20 May 2005 08:00:37 +0100, Andrew Norman <(E-Mail Removed)>
>>wrote:
>>
>>I should have said "password reset" rather than recovery.
>
>probably because far too many people choose idiotic security questions
>(encouraged by idiotic banking practices which suggest things like
>spouses birthday, mothers maiden name, etc), and with a web-based
>form, a thief could have several tries if they got it wrong the first
>time.

True, but it is perfectly possible to rate limit the web based form so
that you don't get many useful tries at it.

Also, for most accounts Plusnet have a credit card or bank
account/sort code. So they could easily do the "provide the 2nd, 3rd
and 9th digit" approach that banks use on passwords.
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