Gmail now has a (temporary) notice upon sign-in that you're forwarding some mail

https://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=mail&answer=1355569

by tnorthcutt • 15 years ago

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glimcat• 15 years ago

Given that mail forwarding is buried in the settings where users will almost never see it, this is a very significant security measure.

dfischer• 15 years ago

I'm glad GMail has security in mind. This is very important to finding out if your account has been compromised or not.

keyle• 15 years ago

It's really annoying. What's wrong with letting me click it OFF? I'm all for security. But not at the cost of usability. Red box in my face makes me hate my mail.

zck• 15 years ago

If they let you turn it off, then the person who got your password and started forwarding the mail would turn it off, and you'd never see it. If they let you turn it off, there's no reason to have the message in the first place.

craz2• 15 years ago

I suppose they could limit the warning to once per IP address (or set a cookie) and reset it whenever your forwarding settings change.

blahedo• 15 years ago

It sounds like this is a transition period (of one week)—after which you'll presumably only see the notice when the settings change, which is (security-wise) exactly right.

MichaelApproved• 15 years ago

Incidentally, I saw this message while viewing the help page:

"Update your browser!

Gmail runs faster on new web browsers. Upgrade your browser for free to get the latest speed and security updates. Update your browser"

Nice to see when I'm using Google's Android OS on my Droid 2.

kirinkalia• 15 years ago

We've just posted a story about this on the LAUNCH blog -- Google PR person said this was not in response to any incident (and yes, the notification is temporary).

Gmail now has a (temporary) notice upon sign-in that you're forwarding some mail

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