Paul Marwick wrote:
I've been using Seamonkey mail as my primary email client for a long
time. My main email account is a gmail account, which has been in
existence for a long time as well.
Twice since I installed 2.49.1, I've had messages from Gmail saying
that someone tried to use my password from an unknown device. In both
cases, Seamonkey had been running against the gmail account for a
period of hours at least. One instance was my laptop, then today I
got a similar warning regarding my desktop machine (which runs
Seamonkey mail all the time).
In both instances, once I confirmed that the IP used for the
"attempt" was my own IP, things have gone back to normal.
Is anyone else seeing this sort of error? It may be that Google has
done something to change its security, but it does seem odd that I've
only seen the error since I installed the latest version, and it also
seems odd that Google can't identify the device, even though it
normally shows that I'm accessing the account from a Linux based
machine. At the time, the only thing accessing the Gmail account
would have been Seamonkey...
...
Google has been pulling this crap for months, probably over a year now.
I routinely clear cookies automatically on shutdown, and sometimes
manually during a session, and Google uses cookies to recognize your
device. So every time I clear cookies, it thinks I'm logging in with a
new device and wants me to prove I'm me.
In your case, I suspect the cookie had a time limit and expired. You can
confirm/refute that by inspecting the cookie the next time you log in.
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Paul B. Gallagher
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