Issues regarding getting classic account transferred

I have an existing account that I have attempted to transfer to my new BOINC account however either I am putting in the wrong email address or seti doesn't validate the information.
I still have the classic software on my pc showing I have completed 104 units.
Is there a method to work back from the old account id that will my units to be successfuly transferred?
I have tried filling the information in on the account transfer form but the email address is not being validated?
Can the account be validated without the email address?

How did you try to link?
Do you know this page?
BTW: Why use a hex editor on user_info.sah? It's a text file...

:-)= Greybeard
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All about BOINC: BOINC-Wiki (by Paul D. Buck)

How did you try to link?
Do you know this page?
BTW: Why use a hex editor on user_info.sah? It's a text file...

:-)= Greybeard

Removed reference to hex editor!!! not thinking the obvious!!

My original account has over 4400hrs and 300+ units completed and has been active for at least 4 or 5 yrs. I no longer have access to the email address that it was setup on. I have that email address and my key, but everytime i try to link it with my new account i get the error: BAD OR WRONG CLASSIC KEY. Please help me resolve this ASAP so i can start using Bionc! If this can not be resolved i feel that i will probably stop using Seti@home altogether.
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Obviously Seti Classic remembers an other password than you do ;-)=
In that case try with an e-mail to: setidba@ssl.berkeley.edu

But try to be a bit patient. "ASAP"s and such things are not very helpful in a project where almost everyone is volunteering...

:-)= Greybeard
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All about BOINC: BOINC-Wiki (by Paul D. Buck)

I have three computers running the SETI@HOME app. Two are on the new BOINC software and one is on the old basic. I want to transfer the old account to the new system but I no longer have access to the original email addy.

http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/team_display.php?teamid=116011

My preference would be for all three accounts to be on my same email address (this one, rhadkins2002@gmail.com).

The account listed as "Richard Adkins - Office" is the one I'm having difficulty migrating.

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

As near as I can tell, the old software seems to be chugging along nicely though I don't understand for 0.00 recent average credit.

THANKS!!
Rick

<b>The above message was sent to setidba@ssl.berkeley.edu</b>

Obviously Seti Classic remembers an other password than you do ;-)=
In that case try with an e-mail to: setidba@ssl.berkeley.edu

But try to be a bit patient. "ASAP"s and such things are not very helpful in a project where almost everyone is volunteering...

:-)= Greybeard

i have the same problem kinda
I cant link my old account to my new.
Both have same account name, I have same username on both and even know my old seti password. could you help me on this at all?
Oh yes i tried the page u linked to.
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i have the same problem kinda
I cant link my old account to my new.
Both have same account name, I have same username on both and even know my old seti password. could you help me on this at all?
Oh yes i tried the page u linked to.

I am getting the message (maybe an error, maybe not):

The SETI@home/BOINC account linked to that Classic account has already been validated.

Does this mean that I am already linked? My account stats arent correct but is that probably just because they havent been updated from classic in 8 or so months?
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Are both of my SETI Classic accounts linked to my BOINC account?

I had an account from 1999-2001 or so, and lost the password when I got a new IP and could no longer access my old email. Then I created a new Classic account that ran from 2001-2005. I've already attached this 2nd account to BOINC and been running that for a few months.

If I go to this page http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/sah_email_form.php and input each email address it tells me for BOTH emails/accounts that "The SETI@home/BOINC account linked to that Classic account has already been validated. Its user name is...". Does this mean both Classic accounts are transferred to my BOINC (I know I only had the password for the 2nd account when I set up BOINC in June05 or so.) If not, is there some way I can retrieve/add that 99-01 credit?

I joined SetiClassic AFTER March 2005, so BOINC won't know my Email Addy of the Classic Account. I joined in April 05 and have since then completed nearly 600 WU's. Would by a pity if I'd loose them.

Will there be another check for newer Classic Accounts? Otherwise I'd have to start from the beginning :-(
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Okay so I created a boinc account and started using the software today, then went back to transfer the old seti units. I needed the account key to do that and could not get it emailed to me no matter how much I tried.. but then found it in a post somewhere.. you can find it in the file sched_request_setiathome.berkeley.edu.xml in the programs root folder... open it and the second line that says authenticator is your account key. Thankfully I had my classic seti account password written down somewhere... a string of numbers and it transfered the old work units except only until march 2005 which is at 1,696 and my current as of today is 1,947. Do I lose these additional units permanently since march or will they be credited at some point or is there some other way? Anyone? anyone? Bueller? Good luck everyone :)

I do not see any instructions on how to transfer my account from classic to the new stuff. I currently have over 36,470 classic data units. It looks to me that as of 12/15/05 I will no longer be running seti because I can not get transfered.

Why isn't there some straight forward way to get this done?

I did what every I was ask the first time Boinc was offered. It says something about me having an account but it is not getting any credits.

My email address is mssinc@michiesoftware.com if someone wants to point me in the correct direction.

Fred Michie
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My problem is that my Classic account somehow had no email address recorded. So when I try to use the transfer page, I get an error saying Unable to handle request: Must supply an email address. That's whichever section of the account transfer page I fill in.

Over-zealous field validation?

I suppose it doesn't matter. I can just start over with the BOINC account. Annoying, though.
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