a friend is having trouble posting comments on my blog since last week

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  mocrow · Member · Mar 23, 2012 at 5:49 pm

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  my friend doesn’t have a wordpress account and is getting a message that her email address is associated with a WordPress account & that she has to sign in.
  the problem is she doesn’t have a WordPress or Gravatar account!
  help please!
  Blog url: http://itscrowtime.wordpress.com

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 23, 2012 at 9:56 pm

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  The new system only checks for email addresses attached to WordPress.com or Gravatar accounts.

  I recommend that she head over to http://wordpress.com/ or http://en.gravatar.com/ and use the Forgot Password link to recover her password. She doesn’t need to know her username. If she enters her email address, it will send both her username and instructions to reset her password.

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  mocrow · Member · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:02 pm

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  but what if she doesn’t want a WordPress accoint? I am getting pushed into opening a Google account if I want to post on Blogger & I really don’t want to!!!

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  mocrow · Member · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:03 pm

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  oops typo! that was meant to read WordPress account

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:22 pm

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  Well, seeing the error means that she already has one.

  She won’t be able to comment with an email address attached to a WordPress.com or Gravatar account without logging in first.

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  mocrow · Member · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:28 pm

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  this is one of those Catch 22 situations, she doesn’t and has never had a WordPress account!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:31 pm

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  Would you please ask her to try the Forgot Password links at http://wordpress.com/ and http://en.gravatar.com/ ?

  I can almost guarantee you that she has an account at one of those two locations.

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  mocrow · Member · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:35 pm

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  will do

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 23, 2012 at 10:37 pm

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  Thanks, please let us know how that turns out.

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  mocrow · Member · Mar 23, 2012 at 11:49 pm

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  this is what my friend wrote back when she tried-
  “thanks for the info. when i try to log in to gravatar and send ‘forgot password’, they don’t give me my password, they just allow me to set a new one, so it seems like they are just trying to get you to sign up. i’ll keep that info and see what happens. i really don’t want to sign up for something i don’t know enough about. thanks for all the info. i might wind up doing it after i learn some more.”
  it is a worry & definitely a catch 22 situation, is there anyway to override the robot so I can allow her to post on my blog?

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Mar 23, 2012 at 11:51 pm

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  Yes, the reset password link allows the user to set a new password, so that does mean that she definitely has a Gravatar account.

  She won’t be able to comment with that email address without being logged into the Gravatar account.