Hi Sam,
Thanks for the info on the behavior.
So basically its useless (as far as I can see). If all one has to do is
re-login (no matter what the ip#) I fail to see what benefit it has.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sam Varshavchik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2001 7:03 PM
Subject: Re: Login checkbox behavior
> mew writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > What is the expected behavior of the IP address checkbox? It doesn't
appear
> > to be working the way I would think it would, or not at all.
> >
> > Scenario:
> > I logged on via sqwebmail with the IP address checkbox checked.
> > I pcanywhere to another network and machine and it lets me log on to the
> > same sqwebmail account without a problem as well.
> > Now if I try and do anything in the first logged in process on the
original
> > network I get the error message
> > "Your request cannot be authenticated. Either your session has timed
out, or
> > your IP address has changed. If you are dialing in via a modem, this can
> > happen if you get disconnected. After reconnecting, you must log in
again".
> >
> > Seems to me the second log in should have been denied until first
session
> > logged out or timed out.
>
> Nope.
>
> All that checkbox does is deny access to the account even if all the
> authentication requirements are met, but the request comes from an IP
> address that's not the same as the login IP address.
>
> Dial up, log in, leave the browser logged in, disconnect, dial back in,
and
> get a different IP address. You won't be able to continue reading mail,
> even though you are properly logged in.
>
> Of course, nothing stops you from logging in again, of course...
>
> --
> Sam
>
