Been locked out of primary account for over a week now

[DingoRabiit]

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Okay, so long story short I forgot the password to my primary account Fiyasko, needless to say I'd like to regain access to it, theymos seems to be ignoring me, the email system that sends recovery letters Does Not Work with accounts that have been renamed (or perhaps for some stupid reason just my account) It works just fine for others.
"why not just use the seceret question?" Because I set it way back when I thought bitcoin was going to be some stupid ponzi fad instead of the amazing global endeavour it is now
It's 10/28/2014
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[Dare]

You're supposed to sign the message with a bitcoin address, not a GPG key, though if you claimed ownership of the GPG key in a public post on your main account it should still work (I'm not sure if signatures count). Also, you need a link to the post from your main account with the address or GPG key in it; otherwise there's no way to verify the key is really yours.

For more information, see this thread (though I suspect you already have): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

[Quickseller]

You're supposed to sign the message with a bitcoin address, not a GPG key, though if you claimed ownership of the GPG key in a public post on your main account it should still work (I'm not sure if signatures count). Also, you need a link to the post from your main account with the address or GPG key in it; otherwise there's no way to verify the key is really yours.

For more information, see this thread (though I suspect you already have): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

Actually theymos will accept a PGP signed message as it is just as secure as a signed bitcoin message (plus not all users will retain the private keys to every address they post)

[Pkofet]

You're supposed to sign the message with a bitcoin address, not a GPG key, though if you claimed ownership of the GPG key in a public post on your main account it should still work (I'm not sure if signatures count). Also, you need a link to the post from your main account with the address or GPG key in it; otherwise there's no way to verify the key is really yours.

For more information, see this thread (though I suspect you already have): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

Actually you can find the following sentence in that thread.

"Typically, the only acceptable method of proving ownership is by signing a message (including current date and desired new email address) using a Bitcoin address or PGP key associated with the account."

[Dare]

You're supposed to sign the message with a bitcoin address, not a GPG key, though if you claimed ownership of the GPG key in a public post on your main account it should still work (I'm not sure if signatures count). Also, you need a link to the post from your main account with the address or GPG key in it; otherwise there's no way to verify the key is really yours.

For more information, see this thread (though I suspect you already have): https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=497545.0

Actually you can find the following sentence in that thread.

"Typically, the only acceptable method of proving ownership is by signing a message (including current date and desired new email address) using a Bitcoin address or PGP key associated with the account."

Whoops, missed that; it does make sense, since GPG is well-known security software (which is why I mentioned that it would likely be fine), but I forgot that it was actually in the post.

Also, upon re-reading the post, I noticed that it does mention signatures (emphasis mine):

A Bitcoin address or PGP key is associated with the account only if the account posted the key/address, sent it in a PM, or if it is still listed in the account's profile.

Since his Bitcoin-OTC link is still in his main account's signature (profile here, and it's listed under the username of the account he used to post here), the request should be fine as long as the GPG signature verifies (which I'm still figuring out how to check, I haven't worked with GPG much before). Usually I only see these posts from users who haven't bothered to look for the format, so this one is rather refreshing.

To the OP: Have you tried contacting theymos again times? He's said that he tends to drop requests if he can't get to them within a few days, and with the amount of PMs he probably gets I wouldn't be surprised if that happened a few times.

[DingoRabiit]

I've tried asking theymos many times, I never get a response.
My hope is that since my main account has a link to my OTC profile, and I can auth through that, that I could use that as proof of account ownership

[Pkofet]

I've tried asking theymos many times, I never get a response.
My hope is that since my main account has a link to my OTC profile, and I can auth through that, that I could use that as proof of account ownership

From the account recovery threads I found, it seems it is pretty hard to get theymos attention and response as it is a low priority stuff for him. The best you can do is resend the PM once in a while.

[MultipliedCombo]

I've tried asking theymos many times, I never get a response.
My hope is that since my main account has a link to my OTC profile, and I can auth through that, that I could use that as proof of account ownership

You should only ask him once, and wait between 4 - 7 days. If he doesn't get back to you within that time, send him another one. He can get quite busy at times.

[DingoRabiit]

*still locked out*
Theymos claims that the Email system is working just fine and that the problem is on my end...
Despite the fact that I have two accounts, one using hotmail.com the other using live.ca and the Live.ca CANNOT RECIEVE THE EMAIL FFS

It N-E-V-E-R shows up, there is N-O-T-H-I-N-G that appears, the system IS NOT WORKING for my renamed account *facedesk*
I'd really like to regain acess to my account, but theymos insists that the issue is on my end

[NoPunIntended]

Yeah the first account I made I forgot password because it was made with random.org and I didn't write it down after I pressed create account. I've tried to resend a password reset to my account too but it never arrives after waiting a day or two now.

Hopefully theymos can force send one just in case the system isn't working correctly for some reason. Or yandex is not very friendly with simple machine forums.

Frustrating that I lost my account & loved the username so I had to make this one recently even more frustrating that I have access to the email linked to it

[Quickseller]

*still locked out*
Theymos claims that the Email system is working just fine and that the problem is on my end...
Despite the fact that I have two accounts, one using hotmail.com the other using live.ca and the Live.ca CANNOT RECIEVE THE EMAIL FFS

It N-E-V-E-R shows up, there is N-O-T-H-I-N-G that appears, the system IS NOT WORKING for my renamed account *facedesk*
I'd really like to regain acess to my account, but theymos insists that the issue is on my end

Check your spam folder. It is known that forum emails tend to always get caught by spam filters. If that doesn't work then try to list the forum as a safe domain in your email settings

[DingoRabiit]

*still locked out*
Theymos claims that the Email system is working just fine and that the problem is on my end...
Despite the fact that I have two accounts, one using hotmail.com the other using live.ca and the Live.ca CANNOT RECIEVE THE EMAIL FFS

It N-E-V-E-R shows up, there is N-O-T-H-I-N-G that appears, the system IS NOT WORKING for my renamed account *facedesk*
I'd really like to regain acess to my account, but theymos insists that the issue is on my end

Check your spam folder. It is known that forum emails tend to always get caught by spam filters. If that doesn't work then try to list the forum as a safe domain in your email settings

Been there done that

[DingoRabiit]

*repeated headdesk* I Cannot regain access to the account because I never recieve the email!

[Fiyasko]

Finally! After hundreds of attempts and logging each attempt in a text file I figured out the answer for my secret question.
I am rather saddened that Theymos would not help me recover my account, and pretty much instructed me that the error was on my end