[moneydance] Severe Bank of America bill pay problems

[Larry Alkoff]

David Schuetz wrote:
>> How do I tell Moneydance?  There is one file with the old online ID
>> number in it which I could easily edit but I really don't think MD  
>> knows
>> about the file or subdirectory it's in.
> 
> I simply went to (in my case) "Checking", and then re-ran the "Set up  
> for online banking" (or whatever it's called -- I don't have MD  
> running right now to check).  The next time I tried to download, the  
> pop-up panel for my password still had my old ID, but I changed that  
> to the new one and then entered my password, and it remembered that  
> for the next time.  Though I did have to repeat the whole process for  
> my other account with BoA (Savings).
> 
> 
>> I'm very relieved to feel that the solution is finally near.  It's  
>> hard
>> to believe that all the people I spoke to at the bank never mentioned
>> changing the online ID - only the password.
> 
> Yeah, it's quite frustrating.  You really get the feeling that there  
> are lots of different divisions of technical support, and nobody  
> speaks to anyone else (or reads their bulletins).  This should have  
> been a no-brainer from my first email....
> 
> 
>> But it makes perfect sense that, if they require mixed numbers
>> and letters on one that they would require it on both.
> 
> Actually, it makes very little technical sense -- though at an  
> operational security level, it makes sense from the standpoint that  
> it makes it harder to use, say, one's telephone number or SSN or  
> anything as an ID.  Though really, it doesn't matter what my ID is,  
> it's my password that needs to be kept private. (and I've got a  
> running beef with a lot of sites, including BoA, over stupid password  
> requirements.  I generate very secure passwords, and lots of sites  
> won't even accept them because of the characters I use.  Hell, BoA  
> won't even let me use a "!" (!!).)
> 
> 
> david.
> 

Thank you so much David.  I changed the online ID, fiddled a bit,
and now finally good old MD is making online payments.

Your precedure of re-running "Set up for online banking" worked perfectly.

I never liked the long string of numbers that they used for my online ID 
so I changed it to 'MyBigBankAccount'.  They'l never guess it ;-)

Larry

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Larry Alkoff N2LA - Austin TX
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