Helpful TIP! Log in and go to your inbox with one click

dep · 10-05-2005, 12:46 PM

Want to log in and go to your gmail inbox with one click? Make a bookmark pointing to this.. be sure to change USERNAME and PASSWORD to your credentials.

https://www.google.com/accounts/Serv...?service=mail&
passive=true&continue=http://mail.google.com&
Email=USERNAME&Passwd=PASSWORD

this is very handy for if you have multiple gmail inboxes and want to switch back and forth between them.

dep

mondine · 10-05-2005, 05:07 PM

Yes, that does look like a convenient way of logging in. Now that you mention it, it seems kind of obvious.
But a lot of things do, after someone else mentions them. Thanks for the tip.

IamTheKing9 · 10-06-2005, 01:31 AM

Yeah, you're right, dep. It would be really easy. A person's GMail inbox just a click away...

dep · 10-06-2005, 05:06 AM

Yes. I have two bookmarks under a "mail" folder on my firefox "bookmark toolbar" then I can just drop it down and check two inboxes, one click each. very nice.

IamTheKing9 · 10-07-2005, 03:47 AM

It's not only nice, but very nice, dep. Though it seems very obvious (as mondine said), I was wondering if you could tell me how and when you came to find and know this?

dep · 10-07-2005, 05:34 AM

Well, not quite as obvious as one would think. The "service, passive and continue" flags are not documented anywhere, but I was using an extension for my favorite chat client, Miranda, called "Multiple Gmail Account notifier." Simple enough app.. Checked your multiple gmail inboxes and told you if you had new mail. What was cool was, you could double-click on a specific inbox in your buddy list window and it would open your inbox in your web browser. Really neat. What i noticed immediately was the URL string it passed to the web browser when the browser opened.

So I copied/pasted that and put it in to a bookmark.

Then, one day, it stopped working. I figure they changed something on the backend. After playing around with the flags a little bit (specifically, the "continue" flag), I got it working again. Hopefully this link will work for awhile.

dep

IamTheKing9 · 10-08-2005, 01:20 AM

Quite alot of experimenting you did, dep. But in the end, as I can see for myself, I really paid off for good.

dep · 10-09-2005, 08:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IamTheKing9

Quite alot of experimenting you did, dep. But in the end, as I can see for myself, I really paid off for good.

Thank you. I'm very glad to have helped.

dep

10-05-2005, 12:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
dep Noogle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Helpful TIP! Log in and go to your inbox with one click Want to log in and go to your gmail inbox with one click? Make a bookmark pointing to this.. be sure to change USERNAME and PASSWORD to your credentials. https://www.google.com/accounts/Serv...?service=mail& passive=true&continue=http://mail.google.com& Email=USERNAME&Passwd=PASSWORD this is very handy for if you have multiple gmail inboxes and want to switch back and forth between them. dep

10-05-2005, 05:07 PM	#2 (permalink)
mondine Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vancouver, BC. Posts: 4,002 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts	Yes, that does look like a convenient way of logging in. Now that you mention it, it seems kind of obvious. But a lot of things do, after someone else mentions them. Thanks for the tip. __________________

10-06-2005, 01:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Yeah... Yeah, you're right, dep. It would be really easy. A person's GMail inbox just a click away...

10-07-2005, 03:47 AM	#5 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	In fact... It's not only nice, but very nice, dep. Though it seems very obvious (as mondine said), I was wondering if you could tell me how and when you came to find and know this?

10-08-2005, 01:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
IamTheKing9 Google Guru Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mumbai, India Posts: 3,000 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 9 Posts	Quite... Quite alot of experimenting you did, dep. But in the end, as I can see for myself, I really paid off for good.

10-06-2005, 05:06 AM	#4 (permalink)
dep Noogle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Yes. I have two bookmarks under a "mail" folder on my firefox "bookmark toolbar" then I can just drop it down and check two inboxes, one click each. very nice.

10-07-2005, 05:34 AM	#6 (permalink)
dep Noogle Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Well, not quite as obvious as one would think. The "service, passive and continue" flags are not documented anywhere, but I was using an extension for my favorite chat client, Miranda, called "Multiple Gmail Account notifier." Simple enough app.. Checked your multiple gmail inboxes and told you if you had new mail. What was cool was, you could double-click on a specific inbox in your buddy list window and it would open your inbox in your web browser. Really neat. What i noticed immediately was the URL string it passed to the web browser when the browser opened. So I copied/pasted that and put it in to a bookmark. Then, one day, it stopped working. I figure they changed something on the backend. After playing around with the flags a little bit (specifically, the "continue" flag), I got it working again. Hopefully this link will work for awhile. dep

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