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Legitimate "Member Authentication Emails"?

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Legitimate "Member Authentication Emails"?

8 years 8 months ago
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Hello,

I am in Club #5676, and our club website is the following: 5676.toastmastersclubs.org/ . I'm sorry if this topic is posted twice, but I wasn't convinced the first one actually made it all the way through.

On Friday, one of our club members received the following unsolicited email; I've omitted the member's name and email address, but please let me know if you need it:


"From: server@toastmastersclubs.org [mailto:server@toastmastersclubs.org]
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 2:51 PM
To: [Member Email]
Subject: Member Authentication E-mail For [Member Name]

Hello [Member Name]:

Click on the link below to access your club website as a member. The site will remember you for a day, as long as you are using the same computer/device and do not clear your cookies. If you wish to access from another computer or device, just reauthenticate, or set a custom password by clicking the link below.

< 5676.toastmastersclubs.org/index.cgi?d=m...wBkaldnxVfg6pyDw0dau >

NOTE: if the above URL is wrapping in your e-mail and not fully linked, you can copy and paste the URL (without the <>) in your web browser's address bar.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Thank you and enjoy our club website!

Anthony Austin
Website Administrator"


Although I am the website administrator for our club, I did not generate the email, nor was I even in our club's website. Around the same time, I received the following email regarding the same member, about this member attempting to reset his password. However, the member denies attempting to do so:

"Hello Anthony Austin:

This email is for your information only. You are registered as the website administrator for the website: 5676.toastmastersclubs.org

[Member] has requested a password reset for this website. This confirms that another email containing the password reset link has also been sent to them.

You are receiving this notification email so that you can follow-up with this person to verify that they were able to reset their password and access the website. If you do not wish to receive these notifications in the future, they can be disabled in the Admin Console of your website: Basic Settings / Administrator Information tab.

(NOTE: Any replies to this notification email will be sent to the above member for easy follow-up.)

*** If you have any questions about this email, please contact the FreeToastHost support team at < support.toastmastersclubs.org >.

Thanks!"

I am inquiring about whether these emails and activities are legitimate, and if not, what, if anything, we need to do further to resolve this.

Thank you,
Anthony
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Re: Legitimate "Member Authentication Emails"?

8 years 8 months ago
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If "someone" tries to login, selects a name but does not put in a password, that triggers the auto password reset request and send email to the member and the admin. If the member did not request they can ignore.
Thank you,

Brian McDonald DTM
Silver and Wiser Online Toastmasters Club #777940

Technical Support Consultant for FreeToastHost
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