Gmail Sign In
One of the main questions for privacy and security interested Gmail users is whether they should stay signed in or log out whenever they leave the Gmail website or other Google properties on the Internet.
You are not signed out automatically by Google when you leave the Gmail website or any of the other sites that Google operates. That's handy on the next visit as you can access your data right away without having to sign in again.
The main problem that privacy interested users have is that Google will recognize them when they use other Google services.
This is especially true for Google Search but other services such as YouTube or Google Plus are also a concern.
If you are not signed in when using the services, Google cannot link the activity to the account that easily. It is not impossible but it takes away one primary method to do so.
The sign in link is shown in the upper right corner of most Google properties including on Gmail, the main Google homepage or Google Drive. It indicates whether you are logged in or not, and offers options to either sign in or log out of the account. Doing so affects all other Google pages that are open in the web browser.
There have also been talks about Gmail security vulnerabilities which Google promptly denied. Fact is, there have been several incidents where filters have been set in Gmail accounts of experienced users. Those filters were used to redirect emails to other accounts, often without the original owner knowing about them.
Gmail Sign In Information
The easiest way to sign in to Google Mail is to head over to the page right away. There you can click on the sign in link to enter your email address and password to access your account
It can happen that you encounter error messages, a blank page or other problems that prevent the log in page from opening correctly. One of the easiest fixes that works in a lot of cases is to access Gmail directly via https://mail.google.com or https://www.gmail.com/ and not using http in the front.
You might want to reload the page once if you encounter errors on it or a blank page. If that does not work clear the web browser cache and cookies before trying again. We have published two guides that explain how to clear the browser cache.
If that still does not work, I suggest you download and install another web browser to connect to Gmail with that program to make sure it is not a browser related issue.
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You said that Outlook isn’t your main email client, so which is your main one?
I think its thunderbird
It is Mozilla Thunderbird.
Awesome! This actually solved my problem… what a stupid bug.
If this is the same bug that I’ve encountered, there may be another fix: (1) hover over open Outlook item in Taskbar, cursor up to hover over Outlook window item, and right-click; (2) this should give you Restore / Move / Size / Minimize / Maximize — choose Move or Size; (3) use your cursor keys, going arbitrarily N/S/E/W, to try to move or size the Outlook window back into view. Basically, the app behaves as though it were open in a 0x0 window, or at a location that’s offscreen, and this will frequently work to resize and/or move the window. Don’t forget to close while resized/moved, so that Outlook remembers the size/position for next time.
THANK YOU Claude!!! I could get the main window to launch but could not get any other message window to show on the desktop. You are my hero!!!!
Solved my issue! 6 years later and this is still problem…
Fantastic. Thank you. Size did the trick.
This solved my Outlook problem, too. Thank you. :)
Thank you so much, this started happening to me today and was causing big problems. You are a life saver, I hope I can help you in some way some day.
You are a god – thank you!
thanks a lot…. work like charm.. :-)
Yah…thanks Claude. I’ve been having the same problem and tried all the suggestions…your solution was the answer. It had resized itself to a 0/0 box. Cheers
Excellent post. This had me baffled even trying to accurately describe the problem. This fixed it for me.
Thank you
Thanks a lot for the article. Don’t know why it happenend, don’t know how it got fixed, but it was really annoying and now it works :-)
Thanks a lot. I was facing this issue from past 3 week. I tried everything but no resolution. The issue was happening intermittently and mainly when I was changing the display of screen ( as i use 2 monitors). The only option i had was to do system restore. But thanks to you.
I’ve been tried to sole this problem for 12hours. Your comment about changing the display of screen helped me a lot!! Thanks!!
Thank you…don’t know why this happened but your instructions helped me fix it. Running Windows 10 and office pro 2007
Great tip! Thanks!
Worked for me, too – thank you!!!
It’s Worked for me, too
thank you very much!
I had a similar issue with Outlook 2013 on Windows 10 and this helped me to fix it. Thank you very much!
Thank you so much. Solved!
Considering you published this in 2012, incredible not been debugged by Microsoft.
Thank you again. M
This problem was faced by only one user logging to TS 2008 r2 using outlook 2010.The issue was resolved.
Thanks.
Great tip. Thank you!!!! If it helps, I had to use the Control Key and the arrow keys at the same time to bring my window back into view. Worked like a charm.
Thank you, this worked !!!!
Man, you are a fucking god. Thanks a lot, what an annoying bug!!
Awesome, this post solved the issue. Many thanks!