Comments on: Gmail Login Problem & Solution in Firefox 2 and 3

By: S SRINIVASAN

S SRINIVASAN — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 04:06:56 +0000

I am not able to login to gmail and when I tried Cont-shift-del I am getting the following msg Redirect Loop Firefox has detected that the server is redirecting the request for this address in a way that will never complete. The browser has stopped trying to retrieve the requested item. The site is redirecting the request in a way that will never complete. * Have you disabled or blocked cookies required by this site? * NOTE: If accepting the site's cookies does not resolve the problem, it is likely a server configuration issue and not your computer.

By: Zack

Zack — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:39:36 +0000

hey! thanks that really helped

By: Nikki

Nikki — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:52:51 +0000

I try to right click on the Gmail icon to save a short cut to my desk top. It does save something to the desk top but when I click on Gmail does not open just a blank screen..
If some one can tell me how to have a short cut on my desktop I would appreciate it. When I click on the short cut I want it to open at my INBOX for email.Thank you
Nikki

By: bill

bill — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:25:33 +0000

I updated to latest firefox (3.0.6) and it solved this problem for me.

By: Russell

Russell — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:07:36 +0000

very helpful post, you should post more stuff related to this.

By: Raymond Selda

Raymond Selda — Sat, 09 May 2009 16:00:23 +0000

Thank you so much for writing this one! Today I had the same experience and I immediately tried to recover my password by trying to answer Google’s very strict questions. After hours of frustration, I’ve found your blog then I tried clearing all of Firefox’s (im using version 3) private and I got to access my Gmail again!

Thank you.

By: Blake

Blake — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:40:28 +0000

I seem to be experiencing something similar. When I try to access certain areas in http://www.linkedin.com, the loading wheel keeps spinning. I used wireshark and saw that my computer kept resending some TLSv1 packets (I believe that is what they were–I am working from memory). I tried both LinkedIn and AT&T DSL technical support. They were no help. I cleared cookies, changed many browser preferences etc. Nothing seemed to work. This only happened when LinkedIn went in to the https mode. I gave up. Then two days ago I tried disabling java and javascript, and it didn’t suspend in infinite spin. The LinkedIn browser said it was working in reduced functionality mode, but that is a lot better than no functionality. So, for me, it seems to have something to do with encryption and java or javascript. Since many websites require these, this isn’t a solution, but at least it points me in a direction for future investigation. I am using ubuntu 8.04 with Firefox 3.08.

By: peppo

peppo — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 15:34:41 +0000

I have an equal problem. If I want to access my gmail account (FF3) it takes me ages until the page is loaded and it takes ages to refresh the page. If I use my Mailclient (Mac OS-X Mail)it starts to download heaps of data (1 MB per 5 seconds) although there is nothing to download on my gmail account. I have two gmail accounts and the problem occurs with both of them. The next weird thing is that I even have problems with opening google itself. When I use another browser I do not have any problems.

Would be cool if anyone knows an answer to my problem.

By: leftezi

leftezi — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 13:39:24 +0000

Solved : The solution was to run ccleaner and remove all “secret” cookies. I did not even knew that such cookies exist!

By: Deb

Deb — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:52:50 +0000

I found this fix by accident and it worked!! Go here and follow instructions:

http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=14257&topic=15580

Here are instructions:
My client isn’t accepting my username and password
We suggest making some adjustments in your mail client’s settings so you aren’t always prompted to enter your username and password. Please check the following settings in your mail client:

Make sure that you entered @gmail.com after your username. For example: john.doe@gmail.com
Re-enter your password to ensure that it’s correct. Keep in mind that passwords are case-sensitive.
Make sure your mail client isn’t set to check for new mail too often. If your mail client checks for new messages more than once every 10 minutes, your client might repeatedly request your username and password.
Now, please follow the steps below to resolve the problem:
Disable all mail clients you’re using to read Gmail messages. (If you use one at work and one at home, please disable both.)
From the computer on which your logins are failing, visit http://www.google.com/accounts/DisplayUnlockCaptcha
Enter your Gmail username and password, and the letters in the distorted picture.
Once you have successfully logged in, restart your mail client and try to download your mail.