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Osem · 05-03-2011, 19:28

Ah right OK thanks for the AV info.

Re the email issue, to be honest I only use the account to back-up my hotmail which is forwarded to it so I've left the settings at default settings since the account was opened so never really bothered looking into them. I can see it's possible (I think) to just display new e.mails received but what I am concerned about is someone getting hold of my phone and being able to gain access to all the emails stored on that linked account. Presumably even if they're not displayed by default someone with my phone could just alter the account settings to change all that. What I'd really like to be able to do is set the account so that when I try to access it from my phone I have to enter the password (this isn't the case at present). Currently my PC remembers my account password so do I have to disable that in some way in order to get my phone to require the password before opening the account? I've not used Gmail much so how would I do that if indeed it's possible?

Thanks again.

05-03-2011, 19:28	#14
Osem Official CF Mafia member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Right here! Posts: 11,506	Re: Mobile phone AV & security Ah right OK thanks for the AV info. Re the email issue, to be honest I only use the account to back-up my hotmail which is forwarded to it so I've left the settings at default settings since the account was opened so never really bothered looking into them. I can see it's possible (I think) to just display new e.mails received but what I am concerned about is someone getting hold of my phone and being able to gain access to all the emails stored on that linked account. Presumably even if they're not displayed by default someone with my phone could just alter the account settings to change all that. What I'd really like to be able to do is set the account so that when I try to access it from my phone I have to enter the password (this isn't the case at present). Currently my PC remembers my account password so do I have to disable that in some way in order to get my phone to require the password before opening the account? I've not used Gmail much so how would I do that if indeed it's possible? Thanks again. __________________ LONDON 2012 - Responsible for an exponential increase in the consumption of humble pie and many a red face... Last edited by Osem; 05-03-2011 at 19:35.