On Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:34:25 -0700 walt wrote: > Very soon after being invited to open a gmail account, I discovered > that google offers non-web-browser access to their free (as in beer) > email servers. > > This puzzled me (still does) because it seems to violate google's basic > business model, which is based on advertising revenue. (I never see an > advertisement when sending/reading email via smtp/imap, obviously.)
1. Even with pop3/gmail users occasionally use web interface: a) When travelling and location/country is changed, Google denies pop3/smtp login saying "web access required". After web login (possibly with two-factor auth) user needs to confirm new location. b) In order to delete occasional spam messages as spam. c) In order to look through spam folder and retrieve false-positives. Unfortunately this happens sometimes. 2. Users are paying for services not only by reading ads, but with their private data: contents of their e-mails, various profiles, Google+ data and so on. > Google has just introduced a 120-second delay before allowing login to > their email servers. Just in the last day or two, literally. > > I can understand the delay for sending email (spammers) but why the > same delay for reading email? I use POP3 and SMTP for gmail daily, no delays here. Maybe your ISP is doing something: either bug, or MitM or some other nasty things. Best regards, Andrew Savchenko
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