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is there a way to monitor who's trying to guess my password?

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From Leo's mailbag:

> From: A Computer User
> Sent: May 22, 2006
> To: Ask Leo!
> Subject: is there a way to monitor who's trying to guess my password?
>
> Leo,
> --------------
> I've got a problem with people trying to guess my password
> for Gmail. I would like to know whether there is anyway to
> monitor the IP addresses of the people who attempt to guess
> my password? Also, is there any way to log the IP addresses
> of the people who have been into my account?

In short, no.

This article, about HotMail, applies to GMail as well.
http://ask-leo.com/will_msn_hotmail_tell_me_who_logged_into_my_account.html

Thanks for asking,

Leo

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