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23 Jul 2008, 07:56 AM | #46 |
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I've just been trying this out - it's a fantastic feature! Thanks Bron!
I'm using the one-time SMS option, which works brilliantly. As a wish list , I have:
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23 Jul 2008, 04:30 PM | #47 |
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Is it possible to regenerate OTP
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When you create a one-time password set, a page with 100 randomly generated passwords is presented for printing. You must print it before leaving the page, because it's not cached and you can't view the passwords again. You can use these passwords in any order. Suppose I did lose the generated passwords. Can I regenerate a new set of one time passwords, assuming I've logged in with my normal user name and pass? If not, why not? Is there a security issue I am missing? |
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23 Jul 2008, 05:53 PM | #49 |
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The SMS password feature is very nice. I do think however that the SMS should explain that to use it the user needs to type the base password in the beginning of the line. I had to search the wiki to find that the password needs to be [basepassword]+[sms-password]. This can (and should) be explained in the SMS, or when creating the SMS password.
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100% agree documentation needs to be improved. |
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23 Jul 2008, 06:30 PM | #51 |
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You can delete messages with a restricted login.
This is a fantastic feature, really like it but currently you can still delete emails. Granted you can't empty the trash but there are other ways.
Open a message, switch to the 'Advanced Screen' if you are not on it already, then choose 'Delete Permanently' and some combination like 'Mailbox' from the drop downs, then click 'Do'. You get the message back "Message permanently deleted.". Sure enough the message is gone. :-( Still I guess (hope) it is an easy fix. |
23 Jul 2008, 06:48 PM | #52 | |
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I intended to try it out a couple of days ago, but then I didn't because I was confused by all the passwords: "master password", "regular password", "base password", "one time password", .... pfew. It would take me more than 10 seconds to figure out which one relates to the password I normally use to log in to my account. (I think it is the master password). I gave up... (the lazy remark to this argument would be that I am too lazy ) One improvement for this situation I can suggest is to hide (using javascript?) the text fields that are not relevant for the login type selected (for example, I think the base password is only relevant when SMS is selected, so hide it for all other options). This should reduce confusion I think. Concerning the explanatory text to the right of the input boxes, the text for "login type" is not complete.I suggest to:
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23 Jul 2008, 06:52 PM | #53 |
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How would you word the directions? If you are unhappy with it, maybe make a suggestion for how Rob or the others could improve it.
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I'll think some more about other ways to improve. Although I feel it is more than just the "wording of the directions". Last edited by rabarberski : 23 Jul 2008 at 08:01 PM. Reason: Added third reference to former suggestions made |
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24 Jul 2008, 01:20 AM | #56 |
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Truely excellent suggestions rabarberski. I really hope Fastmail will implement them. It would make the interface much clearer and easier to use.
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24 Jul 2008, 07:02 PM | #57 |
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Fastcheck
At first, I couldn't find "Alternative Logins" at the Options screen. It seems that when I logon via Fastcheck, this option isn't shown. But if I logon manually, then it's there.
Why is that? Is that by design? Thanks |
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Saw this transiently, but now it's working correctly here
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When you use an alternative login to log into Fastmail you can lose some choices on the Options screen. Also I use the Fastmail login shortcut generator. So these might be complicating the caching issue. Again, when I logged out and logged in a few times this problem disappeared for me. Bill |
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25 Jul 2008, 07:22 PM | #59 |
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I had exatcly the same problem with "alternative logins" not showing when using Fastcheck.
What I did, was that above; log into the beta server, click options, then logout. Clear all cookies, then log into the normal server and the option is there, but it is still not there if I login using Fastcheck. Last edited by scutworker : 25 Jul 2008 at 08:17 PM. |
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