I DONT WANT TO VERIFY MY EMAIL ... AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN !!!

[Montago]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥... Why is this notification showing ALL THE TIME !?

I've verified my email 10 times

i haven't changed it for 15 years

JUST...STOP !

[ShelLuser]

Steam doesn't do that, sure you're not mistaking this for something else?

[SuperTim]

I get this Steam notification every other day too...

It's incredibly annoying, but it does make me appreciate other online stores more.

[Tronjer]

I have got the same problem. EVERY time I try to log in to Steam to play a game it says I obviously try to log in from a different machine or so. Which I don't. And I, too, didn't change my e-mail address for ages.

[ShelLuser]

The plot thickens... this isn't about verifying your e-mail (going with @x08's message here) but about verifying your logon.

I think you guys need to complain to your internet provider.

Now, I have very little info to go on but here's my idea what's happening here:

Steam protects your account from unknown logons. If someone from an unknown location tries to log on then it gets detected and Steam will send a code by e-mail which you need to enter to ensure that this is really you.

Although you may be using the same computer, the real question here is: are you also using the same IP address? Many providers give you a so called "dynamic" IP address meaning that it will change over time. And the IP address is how you're known and/or recognized online.

So yes: if you try to log on while your address changed then it is possible that Steam requires you identify yourself again. Because what guarantees are there that it's really you?


One way to prevent this is to ensure that you don't always throw cookies and stuff away. Because that can help Steam to recognize you during a next session. But that depends on details and no one shared any so....

Even so, in the end I believe you should complain to your internet provider. And maybe check your browser settings too.

[Yasahi]

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Steam doesn't do that, sure you're not mistaking this for something else?

Steam does do it. You periodically get a green notification bar in the client asking if the email is still the same and you can then verify it. This happens about every 6-12 months for some.

[8ullfrog]

I've never seen it.

[secuda]

Happends to me last month.
But newer again was it bothering me. guess it was when i uppgraded my computer.

[familiarr.Strangerr]

My ISP provides dynamic IP so this is not an ISP issue but maybe you have some kind of software installed like CCleaner which removes appdatas and they remove steam files from appdata folders so steam thinks this is a new device so needs to verify

[Zekiran]

If you have things set to clear your cache it'll forget who you are, every time.

Stop it from doing that for Steam.

They DO send out this request, about... once every few months. But if you've not allowed their system to remember who and where you are, it'll ask, every time. Because it HAS to. It's a properly implemented security measure.

[Guydodge]

Originally posted by Zekiran:

If you have things set to clear your cache it'll forget who you are, every time.

Stop it from doing that for Steam.

They DO send out this request, about... once every few months. But if you've not allowed their system to remember who and where you are, it'll ask, every time. Because it HAS to. It's a properly implemented security measure.

id say this is correct,turn off the erase(clear,clean) everytime i log off internet options and id bet it goes away

[Satoru]

There are 2 different problems here

email verification

1) you should only need to verify your email every 6 months if you use a mainstream email provider
2) if you use specific email providers you will be asked to verify your email more frequently. This is because those providers RECYCLE IDLE email addresses to other users. Meaning your steam account can be hijacked if it’s not used. The necessity of verifying the email ensures your email is not “idle” and the email provider doesn’t give your address away
3) if you ignore the verification, unsurprisingly, the notification doesn’t go away.

login verification

1) Steam uses cookies to verify a particular login session
2) this means if your login session looks “new” you are doing one of two things

a) not checking the “remember me on this computer” option
b) you are removing cookies in your browser or on your system. This causes the authentication cookie to be removed and thus the log in looks “new”

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

Originally posted by Yasahi:

Originally posted by ShelLuser:

Steam doesn't do that, sure you're not mistaking this for something else?

Steam does do it. You periodically get a green notification bar in the client asking if the email is still the same and you can then verify it. This happens about every 6-12 months for some.

I've actually never seen it and I'm very curious what condition triggers these e-mails.

I'm not doubting the stories that they happen -- they don't sound unreasonable at all. I'm more curious why I haven't received them.

[8ullfrog]

Yup, that was my reaction.

[Tronjer]

OK, the thing with the deleted cookies sounds reasonable, and it is what I actually do. But today I logged on to Steam (receiving the request to verify my log in), then I went to this forum, had to log in again and again received that request.
Is that really the way it is meant to be? No single sign-on?

[ShelLuser]

Well, I never had these issues myself so I don't think this is something that it caused by Steam.