As I understand it, the feature is for added security if you KNOW that your
session will originate from the same IP throughout the session. If you are
behind a proxy or firewall (or multiple proxies) that may change your
source IP every HTTP request then you will need to uncheck the box.
It's documented somewhere... can't remember where.
-Scott
Andy Bradford writes:
> Thus said "Francis P. Ling" on Fri, 08 Dec 2000 05:48:04 GMT:
>
> > If this has been the case since the creation of sqwebmail, then what is the
> > purpose of the feature "Restrict ..."?
> >
> > There must be a usefulness to that, I believe and I'd like to find out!
>
> I may be mistaken, but I believe it is a security feature---somehow
> protecting against the hijacking of your email session.
>
> Andy
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