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keep email page active after shutdown

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Trantor5
Trantor5
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keep email active after pc shutdown and turned back on...so don't have to reenter the user name/ password again...

keep email active after pc shutdown and turned back on...so don't have to reenter the user name/ password again...

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Diego Victor
Diego Victor
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You need clear your cookies to close your session:

cor-el
cor-el
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Details like websites remembering you (log you in automatically) are stored in a cookie.

  • Create a cookie 'allow' exception to keep such cookies, especially in case of secure websites and when cookies expire when Firefox is closed.
  • Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: Exceptions

Let cookies expire when you close Firefox.

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: Keep until: "I close Firefox"

Create a cookie 'allow' exception for cookies that you would like to keep and have websites remember you.

  • Firefox/Tools > Options > Privacy > "Use custom settings for history" > Cookies: Exceptions