Your members will now receive an email if a successful login occurs six months or more since the last log in to ensure the account is still in the right hands. If the account owner is not responsible for logging in, they can contact the community team to ensure the account is returned to the owner.

Surely someone who has taken over an email account, will simply say yes it is me ;)

 

Surely someone who has taken over an email account, will simply say yes it is me ;)

This is securing your site login, not your email login. So if someone happens to log into your site, it doesnt necessarily mean they have access to your email

 

Surely someone who has taken over an email account, will simply say yes it is me ;)

Hi Ian! I hope you're well.

You are right here, but if someone has access to your email account, the security of your forum account is probably low down on your list. 😂

It's scary how easily Microsoft emails are hacked, compared to others. I have never lost access to an account, but my Microsoft email has been targeted by an attempted access, and it's a scary thought that you might lose it.

Just as it would be to lose your site, both cases are equally important.

I think members are very inclined to reach out the moment that they have lost access to their email, and there are more practical ways of dealing with lost emails. Seek members to come to you; try to verify that they are the person. It's not easy, but you could ask them things that demonstrate that they are the person behind the lost account. Verify where they live, hobbies, etc.

I don't think a hacker would seek their victim's web forum accounts; it's more likely credit cards and things linked to finances. Or, taking over social media profiles to scam people.

 

We really require InnoDB for v5 as it's a vast improvement on MyISAM. As we develop new functionality, we want to make use of foreign keys which MyISAM doesn't support.

Is there a query that can be executed in the database that makes us able to convert easily?

 

Is there a query that can be executed in the database that makes us able to convert easily?

You would be best to contact your hosting company if you are unsure on how to so this. However you may find the following useful

https://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/8.4/en/converting-tables-to-innodb.html

 

Is there a query that can be executed in the database that makes us able to convert easily?

Download HeidiSQL,

With this software, you can easily convert your database/s using the 'Bulk table editor' menu.