Automatic sign into Gmail using a bookmark

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Automatic sign into Gmail using a bookmark

Also like to use the mailingservice from Google, Gmail? You're not alone, with the massive amount of space you'll get with your Gmail account, many users worldwide are using this service. Here's a nifty little trick that'll allow you to create a bookmark that'll automatic will log you in to Gmail. No entering of your username / password is required every time you log on. Tested on Internet Explorer and Firefox, but will probably work on other browsers too.

Gmail Auto login bookmark

Simply create a new bookmark (Firefox) / favorite (Internet Explorer) containing the following URL:
https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?
continue=http://mail.google.com/gmail&service=mail&Email=LOGIN&Passwd=PASSWORD&null=Sign+in

*NOTE*: Make sure that you have the code in 1 line.

Change "LOGIN" into your login name
Change "PASSWORD" into your password
*NOTE*: Everyone who has access to your browser / your bookmarks can now view your password. Be careful with this.

There you have it. Save your bookmark and next time you'll click it, you'll be automatic logged in to your Gmail account. Enjoy!

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Comments

Rahela

2007-12-14 13:35:29

m a hye - ha

2010-03-23 18:05:59

several time trying to open a account with gmail but failed

Legesse - Student

2007-12-22 16:17:46

explain it 4 me please
here is my E_mail=(havelove923@gmail.com)

Marco - re:

2007-12-22 22:14:55

Hi,

Simply copy the code above and change "LOGIN" to your e-mail address. Next, change "PASSWORD" with your password. Save it as a bookmark / favorite and you're ready to go!

Greetings,,,

Flo - re

2008-02-14 14:40:24

really cool thing - now I can use the Thinkvantage-Button of my laptop to perform something usefull - starting Firefox right with my Gmail!

Thanks!

sivaprasad

2008-03-04 19:50:26

:cheer:

Dirk	2008-03-19 15:25:46

Is this save... because the password is sent in the url in plain text...

Marco - In the article

2008-03-20 09:18:42

Dallas E - Pretty slick. How aobut igoogl

2008-03-27 21:48:30

Hi. Thanks for posting this up. Works great for my gmail account.

But, try as I might, I can't figure out how to plug the login and password stuff into a bookmark to do the same for my igoogle home page. And did I try - I'm amazed google hasn't locked me out! Best I could get was the sign in page with a red "not at this time" message at the password field.

Can you help me build an automatic sign in bookmark, if possible, for igoogle?

Thanks!!

Anonymous - iGoogle

2008-12-13 20:15:37

just change the gmail to ig

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?continue=http://www.google.com/ig&service=mail&Email=LOGIN&Passwd=PASSWORD&null=Sign+in

i hope its not too late lol

Anonymous

2009-12-10 03:07:16

Even changing the request to https won't help the fact that it is being sent in plain text. As this is the request to establish a SSL/TLS connection, and it is in that request versus the body of the message. That leaves your user/ pass possibly on several devices logs and wide open to sniffing. Google has a feature to remember your login, please use that and don't broadcast your information.

Anonymous

2009-12-10 03:22:46

I scanned it to quickly and didn't see chained URLS using a continue. I'm not familiar enough on if those get passed with the first request to comment on the security of that. However it still leaves your password in the clear in your bookmarks. For that reason alone you should probably just stick with letting gmail remember you.

Calab - How about Google Apps email?

2008-04-07 20:10:44

So, how does one create a shortcut that will automatically log into the Google Apps email page?

I.e: https://www.google.com/a/yourdomain.com/

Marco

2008-04-07 22:35:47

You should check the names of the elements, just like my URL in the article.

Replace "Email" and "Passwd" to the names of the elements (check the HTML source) and make modifications where needed.

Good luck!

Glen	2008-10-08 17:30:26

I picked through the Google Apps login form and figured out the proper syntax for the URL.

https://www.google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN/LoginAction2?continue=http://mail.google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN/a/&service=mail&Email=LOGIN&Passwd=PASSWORD&null=Sign+in

Note that LOGIN should not include "@YOURDOMAIN".

-Glen

Me! - So...how do I UNSUBSCRIBE?

2008-04-16 19:41:16

OK... So I don't want to get email notifications for this topic anymore.

HOW do I unsubscribe???

Marco - Contact me

2008-04-16 22:45:20

yogeshb - HI

2008-05-21 14:45:48

gfh

Terry THoo

2008-06-08 08:50:23

hello nice to get the service in future

Dylan G.

2008-07-29 19:28:44

Thank you soooooo much :woohoo:

:woohoo:

Anonymous

2008-08-13 09:37:58

Gr8 site.

Dominic Tan

2008-09-02 17:36:15

Great.

Sufian Ngenzi - Director

2008-09-07 12:10:46

alfred motsamai lebeko - sign up

2008-10-20 16:48:48

sgn up via my phone

Anonymous

2008-11-15 19:22:42

Great, just what I needed. Nick

imran malik - far jobes

2008-12-31 05:17:20

Dear sir,
Most respect

thadeus

2008-12-31 11:48:41

gmail is good

precious - miss

2009-01-31 11:56:52

o yea i love it so much ,keep it safe and simple

Chris

2009-02-11 18:40:55

I use a web application with a button called email. When the user clicks on it, it opens up a new window and I use the link from above to have their email automatically open. This works great in internet explorer but for some reason it does not work exactly the same in Firefox. When the user clicks on the button in FireFox, it will take them to the google login page and place their username in the box, but not login automatically. If they click on the address bar and then hit enter it will then log them into gmail. I am not sure why it stops in FireFox and the extra step is needed. I don't want them to be able to see the information in the address bar because everyones password is the same for purposes of the link working in my web app. Sorry if this doesn't make complete sense but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Chris

kelvin rogate kimaro - doctor

2009-02-14 10:37:47

please add me through direct connected with my email address

Thanasis K. - THIS IS FOR iGoogle:

2009-03-25 17:38:05

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?continue=http://www.google.com/ig&service=mail&Email=LOGIN&Passwd=PASSWORD&null=Sign+in

zealous - designer

2009-04-19 22:49:05

How would you do this with Google Maps?
Would be nice to just give a link to people to pin new locations without each person having to create an account.

morne gelderbloem - morne gelderbloem

2010-02-15 13:20:31

hi there im morne how are you guys doing

Joel Dare - Expanded: Logout Then Login

2009-05-02 02:16:03

If you have multiple GMail accounts, and you recently logged into one of them, this bookmark will not log you into another. I've hacked at this slightly and written a URL that will log you out of one GMail account and then into another.

You can read the details at the URL below.

http://www.joeldare.com/wiki/google_gmail_bookmark_that_logs_in

Or, just use this:

https://www.google.com/accounts/Logout?continue=https%3a%2f%2fwww.google.com%2faccounts%2fServiceLoginAuth%3fcontinue%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fmail.google.com%2fgmail%26service%3dmail%26Email%3dUSER%26Passwd%3dPASS%26null%3dSign%2bin

Mauro - Automatic sign into Gmail Small Business

2009-05-04 05:32:32

Hi!

I would like to know how to do the same for a Gmail small business with a particular domain, in my case a have the domain tecpoa.com.
Thank you.

Mauro

Mauro - Automatic sign into Gmail Small Business

2009-05-04 05:39:57

Sorry, I did not see the Glen�s answer (2008-10-08 17:30:26 ).
Thank you anyway.

Mauro

itumeleng mogapi - mr

2009-06-04 09:03:45

hi i'd to sign up for the gmail email

ryan	2009-07-14 22:52:31

how about for google calendar? :woohoo:

:woohoo:

Shawn - RE: Google calendar

2009-08-04 20:11:58

This works:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLoginAuth?continue=http://calendar.google.com&service=mail&Email=EMAIL@EMAIL.COM&Passwd=PASSWORD&null=Sign+in

I'm still looking for something similar that works for YouTube.

ryan	2009-09-08 22:10:35

hmmm, that didn't work, it logged me into google but it comes up with a page suggesting I sign up for a gmail account. (I log into my google account with a myname@NONGOOGLEDOMAIN.com email address). Any way to get around that?

G - For other emails??

2009-09-06 11:04:40

Is there a similar code for yahoo mail and hotmail?

Dick - Long URL

2009-09-08 16:32:36

I have enabled autologin for my gmail account but sometimes the URL which google/gmail uses to implement becomes too long and gmail never logs in.

I put this hint into a favorite and now have something I can use as a backup in case the gmail generated URL becomes too long

ja - hmm

2009-10-07 10:37:15

It was great tip, but it dont work anymore....

Jez	2009-10-09 20:28:18

It's a pitty... Since a few days this trick doesn't work anymore. GMail changed the way it logs in, and apparently they don't allow plain-text login anymore

Chris

2009-10-12 19:07:33

I have noticed that the url method works only on some isps. When I am at home, it does not work. But if I vpn into my office and try use a url to auto login it works just fine. Anyone else have any insight to this?

Chris

Anonymous

2009-10-13 00:53:03

I found this trick myself and its true my bookmark no longer works either. I don't have an early version of the login page to compare with and see what has changed but my guess is that they have added the GMAIL_LOGIN cookie and this has broken the bookmark. <img src=

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Can someone ask gmail to restore the "feature"?

Anonymous

2009-10-13 02:14:04

Anonymous again... I found that the problem is with the GALX form value with some help from http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/16341. If I grab the current GALX value and append my bookmark with it my bookmark works but this bookmark will not work cross-browser nor cross-session. Programmatically GALX can be read from an XMLHttpRequest response or a cookie but this cannot be done within a bookmark. I predict the auto login bookmark is broken for good.

bp - new login changed it

2009-10-16 19:13:15

i made my own login into the google account, simil ar to this one, but it is no longer working due to the added GALX value, that will let you make a bookmark with it, but won't work when browser is reopened. (new cookie)

if someone found a new (bookmark) auto login way. please post!

Joe	2009-10-21 23:23:51

noooooooo i want my igoogle homepage back. it was so convenient. someone please share.

ja-hmm - this work

2009-10-24 14:41:08

You just need
1. firefox,
2. Greasemonkey plugin instaled.

then instal this script: http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/60469

Joe	2009-10-28 16:53:09

Okay, so I found an alternative solution using iMacros Addon for Firefox.

Here are the steps:

o1. Download Firefox.
o2. Download iMacros Addon for Firefox:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3863

o3. Install the Addon.
o4. Restart Firefox.
o5. Click on the new Iopus iMacros icon next to your address bar. This should open the iMacros sidebar.
o6. Click on the Rec Tab in the iMacros sidebar.
o7. Click the Record button to start recording your movements.
o8. Navigate to iGoogle login entry page. It should be the link below:

https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?continue=http://www.google.com/ig&followup=http://www.google.com/ig&service=ig&passive=true&cd=US&hl=en&nui=1&ltmpl=default

o9. Type in your User Name, and then your Password.
10. Click Sign In
11. Go back into iMacros sidebar and click on the Stop button, to stop the recording.
12. If it asks you to save the recording, just click save in the default area.
13. Now you should see a new macro in your iMacros sidebar.
14. Right click on it and select Add To Bookmark
15. Now right click on your new bookmark and select properties.
16. Copy the data in the "Location:" area.
17. Now set that location as your homepage.

You can further edit your macro by adding these lines at the top of the macro to get rid of some error messages.

VERSION BUILD=6240709 RECORDER=FX
TAB T=1
SET !ERRORIGNORE YES
SET !LOADCHECK NO
SET !TIMEOUT 100
SET !REPLAYSPEED SLOW

Note: One annoying thing about this approach is that the iMacros sidebar will show up when you press the Home button, but it will disappear once it is done loading the page.

Joe	2009-10-28 17:04:59

I forgot to mention that you need to make sure "Do not encrypt passwords" is selected in the iMacros Addon settings panel. Otherwise you'll get a password prompt everytime you hit the homepage button. Also make sure you have this setting selected before you Step o7.

sutarman

2010-01-18 15:05:28

email is good for me

wathsala Guruge - happy

2010-02-04 06:13:36

[code][/code]

Stella Obioha - Mrs

2010-02-08 09:33:04

very easy to fill.thanks

yemane - re: Student

2010-03-05 19:22:46

Hi,please i need your help,i couldn'n open my account,problem with rhe,Microsoft Internet Explorer,Thanks for your help.
tsegai.yemane@googlemail.com

dyb	2010-04-15 04:18:03

yeah...why i cant sign up to gMail ek..?

dyb	2010-04-15 04:25:54

yeeehaaaaa....im manage to creat an account with gmail... :lol:

:lol:

thanks joe....:-)
wish a great day ahead to you......wroot..wroooottt

anand kumar bhatt

2010-07-03 04:40:50

After mozilla has stopped working on my computer it has become extremely difficult to reach my gmail a/c.
ak

booo	2010-07-19 02:27:34

It doesnt work, i allways get promted for my password.

Washington

2010-07-31 20:30:47

not working

m hanaei - -

2010-09-04 05:05:49

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