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Seeing where I am logged to an email server

scyldshefing — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 17:50:33 GMT

I was wondering if there is a utility to show me where I am logged onto my email account. To clarify I am not looking for the use of my email address as a user name for a website, but where I am logged to a SMTP server like from an Outlook Session, the BT Mail (web site) or from a mobile device, so than I track my current sessions (or old ones)

Hope this makes sense

Tony

Re: Seeing where I am logged to an email server

licquorice — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:01:45 GMT

You will only ever be logged in continuously on webmail.

You will never be logged in continuously to an SMTP server. Mail clients only login either periodically to check for mail or to send mail.

Re: Seeing where I am logged to an email server

scyldshefing — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:15:16 GMT

So this would imply that if someone had logged into a mail account say through outlook / or IPhones mail client it is not a persistent connection and would fail on the next fetch of mail if the password has been changed in the interim?
Does the webmail have an expiry time? will the session get closed when the browser is closed? does it use the browser session timeout feature?

Re: Seeing where I am logged to an email server

licquorice — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 18:33:09 GMT

@scyldshefing wrote:
So this would imply that if someone had logged into a mail account say through outlook / or IPhones mail client it is not a persistent connection and would fail on the next fetch of mail if the password has been changed in the interim?
Yes
Does the webmail have an expiry time? will the session get closed when the browser is closed? does it use the browser session timeout feature?
Who knows. There is a 14 page thread complaining about being logged out that is an extension to an earlier thread about the same thing https://community.bt.com/t5/Email/Email-disconnections-have-returned/td-p/2326876

I never use webmail so can't say

Re: Seeing where I am logged to an email server

gg30340 — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 20:02:20 GMT

There is no way that the user can access the information about where, when or what device your email account was accessed with. To get that information you would need to contact BT to see if they can give you that information.

Using Edge I find that the session does not get closed when the browser is closed. Using Firefox it does get logged out when the browser is closed.

Re: Seeing where I am logged to an email server

Crimliar — Thu, 25 Jan 2024 21:38:40 GMT

The default Time To Live (TTL) for SMTP mail servers is 3 minutes, while for webmail it's often an hour.