# Different password reset for wrong username/email

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-password-reset-for-wrong-username-email/15909>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [23. Mai 2014 um 14:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-password-reset-for-wrong-username-email/15909 "2014-05-23T14:16:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![amyehawthorne](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/amyehawthorne/32/5200_2.png) [@amyehawthorne](https://meta.discourse.org/u/amyehawthorne)\
**Post date:** [23. Mai 2014 um 14:16 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/different-password-reset-for-wrong-username-email/15909/1 "2014-05-23T14:16:31Z")

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In the password reset process, you receive the same “You might receive an email shortly” message whether you have entered a valid username/email or not.

While I can see the security value of not giving an indication of which logins exist and which don’t, it’s a little confusing to the non tech-savvy end user who isn’t going to logic through the situation when they don’t receive an email and is just going to contact the site admin saying it’s broken

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