Seth Godin just posted about a secret link to reset the Gmail password flag, without actually resetting the password. Basically what’s happening is that if you use a mail client like Outlook or Thunderbird (my choice) sometimes Gmail’s servers keep asking you to provide your password, even if you have it saved.

Then you keep typing it in but you keep getting the damn login pop up. Gmail keeps rejecting your password even though you know it’s correct. So you’d ordinarily curse at Google and then go to reset your password.

However here is a link where you can verify to Gmail that you are a real human being, so you won’t have to reset your password. Yes, it’s CAPTCHA based.

Here are some other thoughts and tips about using Gmail…