Post by: kimmer on August 21, 2008, 09:42:14 PM
If you use Gmail at all this message is for you.
Within a week or two there will be an exploit released that allows someone to monitor and hack your Gmail account. There is an easy fix for this. Under the settings tab in Gmail is a setting at the very bottom that forces Gmail to use SSL encryption. You will know you are using this if your browser reads https://mail.google.com and there is a lock in the bottom right corneer of the browser. Gmail does not default to this so you must enable it. You will notice no functionality difference but you will have to refresh the page once you save the changes.
Post by: sandbox on August 22, 2008, 01:36:35 AM
http://>mail.google.com/support/bin/answer (see photo) for instructions and downsides
Post by: Gregg on August 22, 2008, 07:18:12 PM
Post by: jcarter on August 23, 2008, 12:32:34 PM
Thank you, Ive fixed mine and will tell the kids tomorrow.
Jane
Post by: kimmer on August 23, 2008, 07:34:30 PM
Sandbox, thanks for the snaps.
I adjusted my Gmail acct and so far haven't noticed any problems. I still use Thunderbird to log in and download it.
Post by: sandbox on August 24, 2008, 01:15:19 AM
http://www.seamonkey-project.org/
good stuff!
Post by: kimmer on August 24, 2008, 03:38:55 AM
TB works well for downloading Gmail -- especially since that's all I use TB for.
Post by: sandyman on August 24, 2008, 10:22:27 PM
Sandy