Logon woes

[tomruned]

So I finally managed to log in..only took me like 11 hours. :(

I have got the steam client installed on 2 computers, a private computer and a laptop belonging to my employer. The logon on my work laptop had expired and I tried to log back in. The authentication mail took forever to arrive and when it did the code just didn't work. I then tried to logon to the forums to look for help but, logon to the forums also failed in the same manner. Eventually I lucked out and now both client work *and* the forum too. Only took me 10+ attempts over 11 hours(had a nights sleep in there as well). Now I have questions..


Guessing a bit here but when I log in to steam, the client does not store my password. The steam network grant me a 'ticket' that gets stored locally. This ticket later is my proof to the network that I have a valid account. This ticket also has an expiry date.

Does anyone know the lifetime of the logon 'ticket'?


I use mail authentication for logon. I get sent an email with a code to confirm my logon. This mail can take a long time to reach me, when I look at the header information much of this time seem to be spent 'internally' within steams servers.

I this just the way it is? Do steam *really* want us to use the app for authentication? Is email authentication semi-deprecated or crappy on purpose?

[Бобок]

Originally posted by tomruned:

Is email authentication semi-deprecated or crappy on purpose?

At least i can tell you my emails arrive instantly. When a code from the mail doesn’t work maybe it’s already expired becaise of delayed delivery.

[tomruned]

Originally posted by Бобок:

Originally posted by tomruned:

Is email authentication semi-deprecated or crappy on purpose?

At least i can tell you my emails arrive instantly. When a code from the mail doesn’t work maybe it’s already expired becaise of delayed delivery.

The latest emails varied a lot, from just under 5 minutes to over an hours.

[ReBoot]

It's strange that your logon expired. Steam logons don't expire (unless someone with access to the account does something). Quite frankly, that's the strange part here.

[tomruned]

You sure about that? My logon will eventually expire on both computers. It happens if I haven't started the steam-client in a good while.