It's possible but unlikely. More likely is the possibility that you gave some service somewhere his Gmail login info which has since changed, and that service is still trying to access his account with the bad pw. You might try looking at the access history (very bottom of the Gmail page). Good luck!
Regards, Charlie On Feb 22, 10:57 am, rbernabe <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply Charlie. I just confirmed that both iMacs > and all associated applications (Apple Mail & Spanning Sync) have the > proper passwords via the Keychain application. I guess this makes it > more likely that someone is trying to get into his account? > > Thanks, > Rob > > On Feb 22, 11:50 am, cwood <[email protected]> wrote: > > > The sync frequency isn't a problem. It sounds like there's some > > process (or some person) who's repeatedly trying to log into your > > father's account with the wrong password. After a certain number of > > failed attempts, Google will require a CAPTCHA to log in. Spanning > > Sync catches this condition though, and will show a dialog with the > > CAPTCHA and ask you to solve it. > > > Do you have anything else syncing with your father's account? I > > suggest making sure everything that does is doing so with the right > > username/password. > > > Thanks, > > Charlie > > > On Feb 22, 10:43 am, rbernabe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi All > > > > I've searched the forums but don't see this problem anywhere. I have > > > my father's Gmail account setup in Apple Mail (IMAP) on both his home > > > and work iMacs. About 5 times now the google account has been > > > disabled, but not completely. I'd have to login via the web UI > > > (gmail.com) and enter in his username/password plus verify a captcha > > > image, then it would enable the account again. > > > > At first I thought it might be the sync frequency settings (every 30 > > > minutes I think) that would be causing this. Combining this with him > > > leaving Mail.app open all the time and it syncing mail every 5 > > > minutes, I thought it would be the problem. But it seems like > > > lowering the Spanning Sync frequency isnt helping as I had the same > > > problem this morning. Has anyone else been having these issues? > > > > Thanks, > > > Rob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/spanningsync?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
