>Here's the scenario: I am logged into my IMail server(v7.10 on NT4) at
>the url
>https://mail.langliesystems.com/Xb9a69b9b9dcf9c9899cbe8f63fd4/readmail.25637.cgi?uid=yourid&mbx=Main
>
>- I take this url and cut/paste it into a new browser and there it is -
>the same e-mail session active in two browsers.
Yes, that is to be expected. Most web sites work that way, and is often
very useful. In fact, it allows you to have Outlook-like web messaging,
where new E-mails appear in new browser windows (it's pretty cool).
>This can be taken a step farther by pasting the url into a browser running
>on a completely different IP and subnet.
Only if you have IMail set up to allow it ("Ignore source IP"). Prodigy
started that silly game of proxying IPs, and AOL took over the
concept. Therefore, a lot of people do not use the IP as a security
measure. We found this out the hard way about 6 years ago when we were
developing some of the first dynamic web pages.
>For instance, I can log into the IMail web interface sitting at home, then
>connect to my co-located webserver via MS Terminal Svc and paste that same
>URL into a browser in my TermSrv session and both e-mail sessions will be
>active at the same time!
>
>Hotmail will not allow you to do this. Is this a bug or a feature? Can
>this behavior be prevented?
It's a feature that you have enabled. It can be prevented by going back to
the default, and unchecking "Ignore source IP" in the web messaging settings.
-Scott
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