Hi Paul On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Paul Slattery <[email protected]>wrote:
> Clicking on *details,* I looked at my activity information and found > three different IP addresses. Mine (laptop and droid sharing a number) > plus two others that appear to have accessed my account while I was offline > from a power outage last night. Those two link back to Verizon. (I use > FiOS.) > If this is the case then I would suggest that you change your password immediately. Do make sure that you also have account recovery options in place (eg. secondary email, cell phone). https://www.google.com/settings/account I would also suggest that you do a thorough scan of your PC for malware. Is this customary? I had the impression that my IP was my IP, uniquely. > > As for switching from IMAP to POP, I am afraid that the meaning is lost in > a thick fog of cluelessness. Is there a short explanation that would not > test your patience? Or a resource you could point me to? This is what Ray continues to suggest but I would not recommend it seeing as you access your Gmail with two devices. He suggests this as he believes that storing mail on one's local HDD is safer than on Gmail's servers. -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
