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Recovering lost or forgotten passwords
Security is an important feature on Lottery Post, and to that end, we do not respond to e-mails requesting passwords. In fact, Lottery Post does not even have access to your password, even if we wanted to send it to you. When you create your password at Lottery Post, our system does not store the actual password in our system. Instead, it performs a complex calculation on the password text, and stores the result of that calculation in our database. The reason it does that is in the very slim
Sep 27, 2002, 8:37 am - Todd - Help

Logging in and logging off
Log In Logging in is a way for the Lottery Post Web site to authenticate your member credentials (your Username and Password). After Lottery Post verifies that you have entered the correct Password corresponding to your Username, it allows you to post messages to the forums and provdes access to all the other Web site features that your membership should have access to. If you see Welcome Guest at the top-left of the page, that means you are not logged in. Click the Log In link that appea
Sep 27, 2002, 8:32 am - Todd - Help

E-mail notification of replies
Lottery Post can notify you by sending you an e-mail when a new reply is added to a topic. Many users find this useful to keep up to date on topics without the need to scan the forums to check for new messages. When you ask Lottery Post to notify you by e-mail of new replies on a topic, it is called Subscribing to the topic. You can see and manage a list of all the topics you are currently subscribed to by clicking My Subscriptons in the Members menu. There are two ways to subscri
Sep 27, 2002, 8:28 am - Todd - Help

Firewalls and ad-blocking software
These days there are many different choices consumers can make about protecting their computers from viruses, spammers, hackers, etc. Popular packages include Norton, Microsoft OneCare, McAfee, Zone Alarm, Kaspersky, and Avast, to name just a few. While much of the protection is essential, the default settings are often overly-restrictive, and block things that you would not necessarily want to block, if given the choice. Internet security software often is set to monitor all Internet traf
Sep 27, 2002, 8:24 am - Todd - Help

JavaScript required to use Lottery Post
How do I enable JavaScript in my browser? JavaScript is an essential part of Lottery Post. If it is disabled most pages will malfunction, and major portions of the page will be missing. To enabled JavaScript in your browser, please follow the instructions below: Internet Explorer (6.0/7.0) Select 'Tools' from the top menu (6.0) or from main toolbar (7.0)Choose 'Internet Options'Click on the 'Security' tabClick on 'Custom Level'Scroll down until you see section labled 'Scripting'Under
Sep 27, 2002, 8:08 am - Todd - Help

Cookies and cookie usage
In order to post messages and use Lottery Post features, cookies must be enabled on your Internet browser. The use of cookies helps us to bring you easy-to-use yet powerful features. Our use of cookies is harmless to you and your computer, and we do not use cookies for any purpose other than enabling Lottery Post features. What are Cookies? You may have heard horror stories about cookies stories that would lead you to believe that allowing cookies on your computer invades your priva
Sep 27, 2002, 7:22 am - Todd - Help