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I know it seems lo-tech, but it's a good idea to print out the ten Gmail recovery codes and keep them in a safe place. I've done the same for GitHub too.
We’ve gone full circle to the the idea of post-it note credentials
I made the jump to Fastmail and I'm very happy with it. Web interface is at least as good as Gmail's. Thunderbird keeps a local copy of my emails, I control the email domain. I can create backups. The second you get back in you gotta get off this platform.
(I know I can set up manual filters. I prefer it to be done for me automatically.)
Google gave away the Google Voice number I had since the GrandCentral days, a number obviously used daily with purchased credits in the account and religiously confirmed linked number. Zero customer support, no way to get the number returned and no refund on existing credits for toll services. And to add to the pain, they won’t give me a new GV number because it sees my linked number as a spam source and never sends…
Google gave away the Google Voice number I had since the GrandCentral days, a number obviously used daily with purchased credits in the account and religiously confirmed linked number. Zero customer support, no way to get the number returned and no refund on existing credits for toll services. And to add to the pain, they won’t give me a new GV number because it sees my linked number as a spam source and never sends…
What do you mean they gave it away? I don't have a linked number to my GV anymore I just use it for 2fa codes... Is that not safe? Edit: MAKE YOUR NUMBER PERMANENT if you don't want to lose it due to 6 months inactivity. It's 20$. Also ported numbers are never recycled. I am happy with GV and will always use it.
You can not imagine the pain of having to recover the three accounts using that number for 2FA.
Can someone explain how it’s anything but completely insane for an online service to deny access to someone with a *correct* password?? This isn’t someone getting locked out because they forgot their password (where I can at least understand why the user is at fault).
I have the correct passwords for gazillions of gmail accounts (that are not mine) because people reuse passwords constantly .
I made the jump to Fastmail and I'm very happy with it. Web interface is at least as good as Gmail's. Thunderbird keeps a local copy of my emails, I control the email domain. I can create backups. The second you get back in you gotta get off this platform.
I love Gmail’s automated inbox categories. Looks like Fastmail doesn’t have that? (I know I can set up manual filters. I prefer it to be done for me automatically.)
ok, we are different
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A few days ago I was going through an old Gmail account, and decided to get my data through Takeout. Told me it'd take a few hours, and the next day I had a link ready. Click the link, enter the password, it tells me I need a verification code that it wants to send to an address that stopped existing 15 years ago. As it turns out, Google is not sufficiently convinced that I am in fact the owner of the account, so it…
Takeout is a feature that Google was kind of forced to implement because of GDPR compliance. But they still try their best to make it so bad that people won't think of using it. First, getting to a point where you can actually schedule the creation of a zip takes a lot of clicking around - just to make sure that people won't bump into it unless they're explicitly searching for it. Second, the process is painfully slo…
While I was waiting on that, I finally paid for a proper email service and migrated my domain, so I have a copy of my Gmail data and a working, Google-free email service now.
I've been locked out of 17 year old gmail account for awhile now because I refuse to sync my phone to it. I only want to login to delete the contents and deactivate the account. It still forwards to my Thunderbird which is how I noticed Google stops dedicating spam protection to un-synced accounts (or something). So, they want me to go away, and I want to go away, but they won't let me go away.
> to delete the contents and deactivate the account Are you in the EU? Google's DPO or your country's data protection authority might want to hear about it.
This prompted me to download Thunderbird - was very easy to get started (it basically provided a wizard with some basic inputs and started fetching messages immediately using POP).
Thunderbird? Marty, I'll need to fix the time circuits, we've travelled back to 2006! But seriously, what's next? Switching to IE from Chrome? Back to MS Office from Docs? The more things change the more they stay the same...
Has lots of features, doesn't require a fast stable Internet connection, and there's no risk of losing your emails because $provider locked you out.
Plus if you have multiple email accounts, it's super convenient to get them all in one place.
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I love Gmail’s automated inbox categories. Looks like Fastmail doesn’t have that? (I know I can set up manual filters. I prefer it to be done for me automatically.)
so, they read and profile your emails, and then categorize that for you, and you love that? ok, we are different
How does Fastmail determine which ones are spam?