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Rumor

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From: Albany, NY

Registered: 2006-07-07

Posts: 638

New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

I am sure that I am not the only one who has experienced a glitch with checkgmail over the last few days. It kept popping up a box asking me to verify my user/password info and then would fail to connect. I went to the project home page http://checkgmail.sourceforge.net/ where this bit of info is posted:

Recent 401 Unauthorised Issues

The bad news first: if you're getting this error after restarting checkgmail, you seem to have encountered an IP-address-specific login issue, courtesy of everyone's best friend Mr. Google. I'm not sure why this is happening, and I don't know how to beat it yet. You can follow developments on the forum thread here.

The good news is that if you're on a standard ADSL account with a dynamic IP address, you should be able to get checkgmail working again by power-cycling your modem (thus resetting the DSL connection and obtaining a new IP address).

I followed the link in the announcement and read through the thread. The author posted a link to a new checkgmail script. I downloaded it and gave it a try. It worked fine for me without the authorization error. I replaced my /usr/bin/checkgmail file with the new one and have not had any issues. I thought I'd share this info in case anyone else has been experiencing the same connection problems.

Here is the forum thread: http://sourceforge.net/projects/checkgm … 947/index/

Here is a direct link to the new script: http://checkgmail.svn.sourceforge.net/v … evision=40

[EDIT: Added forum thread link]
[EDIT: Spelling & topic]

Last edited by Rumor (2009-10-09 01:48:41)

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csat

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From: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Registered: 2008-08-06

Posts: 93

Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

Fixed here too!  Thanks for sharing!!

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Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

I know I'm nitpicking, but it's not a binary... It's a Perl script.

When I saw your topic my first question was 'why a binary, this is a Linux application, unless it's closed source there's no need to provide a binary instead of source code'.

Just my two cents... I'd change the topic title .

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Chokkan

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Registered: 2009-04-06

Posts: 129

Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

Thank you! This been getting annoying and making me paranoid.

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WyoPBS

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From: Cheyenne, WY

Registered: 2007-10-05

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Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

I'll flip the OP around with a "good news/bad news" followup.  The good news is, the new script fixes the checkgmail problem (thanks 1024K, Rumor!)  The bad news is, now when I click on the toolbar icon to load my mailbox, I'm stopped at the login page and I have to retype my password *every stinkin' time*.  It no longer even offers me the option of remembering me (presumably by way of cookies).

Has this happened to anyone else?  And if so, were you able to solve it?

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thefatprecious

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-02-13

Posts: 98

Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

This fixed it for regular gmail accounts but not my hosted domain/apps account....that's a big bummer...

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Joe Pusdesris

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Registered: 2009-10-28

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Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

Is there a fix for hosted domains yet?  I am having a hard time living without...

anonymous_user

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Registered: 2009-08-28

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Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

Thanks for posting this fix. Now I have a working email notifier

thefatprecious

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-02-13

Posts: 98

Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

2 months later finally found something....If anyone is still searching for a workaround for the hosted domains issue, running checkgmail with the -no_cookies option fixed it for me.

Happy new year...

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Joe Pusdesris

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Registered: 2009-10-28

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Re: New script for checkgmail 401 Unauthorized Issues

Doesn't work for me.