A method embodied in a daemon resident on a server provides for
notification of a client when a new session is initiated with respect to
the client's private account. Assuming that a user is able to log onto
the server and gain access to the client's account, the daemon checks if
the client has requested notification and if so, formats e-mail alerts
and distributes them to requested e-mail addresses on, for instance,
local computers, cell phones, PDA and other receivers of e-mail traffic.
Should the client discover, by receiving one of these e-mails that an
impostor client has gained access to the client's account, the daemon is
able to close down the sessions selected by the client and cancel the
current password in favor of a temporary new password available only to
the client.