Gmail gone mad

[Ray Parrish]

Mark Kirkwood wrote:
> Karl F. Larsen wrote:
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>>     I have had occasional problems with Gmail flipping a panel up in my 
>> face asking for my gmail password. I have given it and clicked on the 
>> box saying save it in password manager. But toady it's gone mad. Every 
>> 15 seconds it is asking for the password and will not allow me to send 
>> the email.
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>>     I tested the password and it works fine on Firefox to bring up my 
>> gmail pages.
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> I have been seeing this off and on for a month or so too - using Gmail 
> via IMAP in Thunderbird. I'm not sure if POP users are seeing this too, 
> but it seems to be a known issue with Gmail and IMAP.
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>  From what I could find on the web, no-one is sure *why* it is 
> happening, but as the Webmail interface to Gmail does not seem to 
> exhibit this, I suspect high load on Google IMAP servers is the culprit. 
> Maybe they thought only a comparitively few folks would want to access 
> their mail this way, and are a bit light on their IMAP infrastructure.
>
> regards
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> Mark
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Since you're wondering, I'll tell you, I'm using Thunderbird with a pop 
account, and have experienced no problems whatsoever getting my email. 
Thunderbird has always ran great for me, and I even have about ten years 
worth of back mail built up in my folders as well. I've heard in the 
Windows groups that Outlook chokes on this much saved mail. 8-)

Later, Ray Parrish

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