[wp-forums] WORG account problem

[Chris Cox]

Does the user have access to the admin contact account listed in 
historical WHOIS for that domain for the period when the wp.org account 
was last active?

*Chris Cox*

Web Designer/Developer

Renaissance Design <http://www.renaissance-design.net/>

Mobile: +44 (0) 7779 336185

On 04/10/2012 12:56, Mar Ventus wrote:
> Hi Esmi,
> If the user remembers his old password or part of it, you could check that
> against the account's actual password see if they match.
> Also, if IP addresses are verified or stored upon account creation and/or
> log in, you could see if his IP matches the one you have on record.
> Hope this  helps.
>
> Marv
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 8:36 AM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net>wrote:
>
>> We've got a user who has lost access to an older WPORG account. Normally,
>> that wouldn't be an issue - just start a new account and let the old one
>> lapse. But this user says he has some themes in the Repo.
>>
>> He can't contact someone via his old email address as that was connected
>> to an old domain that he no longer has. So how can we validate his
>> identity?.
>>
>> <http://wordpress.org/support/**topic/wordpressorg-email-**
>> recovery-problem-email-changed<http://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-email-recovery-problem-email-changed>
>> **>
>>
>> Mel
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