NOTE: this is only for people who had an account on the old forum on Sourceforge, which is no longer online.
Procedure to regain your credentials
- Go to your sourceforge account
- IMPORTANT: check that the "Mail alias settings" is set to "accept all mail"
- Head to the login page of the NEW FreeCAD forum ucp.php?mode=login
- Click on "I forgot my password"
- Enter your username (it's the same as the old forum)
- For e-mail address, use your Sourceforge email address, which is in the form of username@users.sourceforge.net
- If you get an error that this email address is not recognized, use your own email address (to which you usually receive forum email notifications)
- Click on the Submit button
- Wait for a reset email.