So I was beating my head against the wall trying to figure out why I couldn't get the forum to email me a link to reset my password. After such a long hiatus, a few lost souls who find there way back here may have the same problem.
Well... it turns out the email message was sent each time I tried it. Unfortunately it was promptly deposited into my spam folder

So if anyone has tried to reset there password with the forgot password link on the login page, check your spam folder, there is a good chance that it is there.