2-3 years ago sounds right but I never was told to change my password. Someone else changed it and the password I had used no longer worked. I do not forget passwords as I have a file with all my passwords including obsolete passwords. I have used this file for over 20 years and it is well backed up.
This same thing happened to me on the original SB server and I had to create a new account. I am not willing to do that again. That would be the fourth account I had with all new characters. I will not start over a fourth time, it is too much to expect me to do.