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Automatically open google mail in firefox

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Aaron J. Fuchs
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Loaded Firefox. Whenever I try to use the browser to access google mail, it makes me sign into google mail. Both Windows 10 and Chrome open up google mail automatically.

How do I set up firefox so it can access google mail without having to enter my login and password?

Loaded Firefox. Whenever I try to use the browser to access google mail, it makes me sign into google mail. Both Windows 10 and Chrome open up google mail automatically. How do I set up firefox so it can access google mail without having to enter my login and password?

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FFus3r
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see this page:

cor-el
cor-el
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A detail like a website remembering you (log you in automatically) is stored in a cookie.

You can use these steps to make a website recognize and remember you:

  • you can create an "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies, especially in case of secure websites and when cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Cookies and Site Data: Exceptions

Let the cookies expire when Firefox is closed to make them session cookies instead of using "Clear history when Firefox closes" to clear the cookies.

  • Options/Preferences -> Privacy & Security
    Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history" -> Cookies: Keep until: "I close Firefox"

You can create an "Allow" exception to keep specific cookies.

  • clearing "Site Preferences" clears exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, and software installation and exception for password and other website specific data
  • clearing "Cookies" will remove all selected cookies including cookies with an "Allow" exception you may want to keep