On Feb 12, 4:14 pm, "Dan" <d...@d.d> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I define a Login control with PasswordRecovery and a CreateUserWizard.
> I use the default ASPNETDB.mdf database.
>
> I can create an user (let's say 'dan' and i can log in.
>
> The problem is: when i try the PasswordRecovery with username 'dan' with the
> right question answered, but there is an error (smtp provider not found
> because of wrong name or because of broken internet connection), i never can
> log in back with 'dan'. But if i try to create 'dan' again, i get the
> message: "username already exists".
>
> I tried this several times on independant applicatiod ns with different
> aspnetdb.mdf, each time with the same problem.
>
> Any explanation for that weird behaviuor?
> Thanks
> Dan

> Hi Dan,
>
> The reason you can't log back in w/ 'Dan' is that the membership
> provider has already reset your password and has attempted to send the
> email with your new password. But, because SMTP is not correctly set
> up, it couldn't complete the process. Unfortunately, the whole thing
> is not transactional, so it resets your password regardless of what
> happens next...
>
> You should have something in your web.config like the following:
>
> <? xml version="1.0"?>
> <configuration>
> <system.net>
> <mailSettings>
> <smtp from="defaultEmail@yourdomain.com">
> <network host="smtp.yourdomain.com" port="25"
> userName="yourUserName" password="yourPassword"/>
> </smtp>
> </mailSettings>
> </system.net>
> </configuration>
>
> Hope this helps!
> Greg
>
> On Feb 12, 4:14 pm, "Dan" <d...@d.d> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I define a Login control with PasswordRecovery and a CreateUserWizard.
>> I use the default ASPNETDB.mdf database.
>>
>> I can create an user (let's say 'dan' and i can log in.
>>
>> The problem is: when i try the PasswordRecovery with username 'dan' with
>> the
>> right question answered, but there is an error (smtp provider not found
>> because of wrong name or because of broken internet connection), i never
>> can
>> log in back with 'dan'. But if i try to create 'dan' again, i get the
>> message: "username already exists".
>>
>> I tried this several times on independant applicatiod ns with different
>> aspnetdb.mdf, each time with the same problem.
>>
>> Any explanation for that weird behaviuor?
>> Thanks
>> Dan
>
>