Do you have any old phones that you synced with POP3? Windows Mobile? Outlook or Windows Mail? Ever connect it to Thunderbird? (Be careful with anything IMAP, check offline) Can you contact the sender of the email and see if they can get a copy from their sent archive? Ever download a Google Takeout archive? Try Google Takeout anyway? Try POP3 sync, then reset POP3 status and resync?
Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
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Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#12You may wish to state that you can (or can't) prove that the Gmail account is yours, and that you opened the Gmail account personally. I believe Gmail provides a discrete set of one-time keys upon account generation.
I don't think you read the post. He has access to his account, he's looking for an e-mail he deleted 2 years ago.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#13That's hilarious! I did something similar. No idea where that massive chunk of ETH went to. C'est la vie!
Should not ETH have a record of your purchase email and amount? It likely is recoverable in some fashion.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#14Even if you can find someone to do it, no Google engineer will be allowed to retrieve this email and then take the bounty. But good luck, I do hope you can get it recovered!
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#15You are young. I promise you that life will present you with challenges and rewards in the future that will make this seem like nothing. Put it behind you, close the door, lock the door, and move on.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#16Good luck, and keep us posted :)
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#17You may wish to state that you can (or can't) prove that the Gmail account is yours, and that you opened the Gmail account personally. I believe Gmail provides a discrete set of one-time keys upon account generation.
I don't think you read the post. He has access to his account, he's looking for an e-mail he deleted 2 years ago.
> He has access to his account
Well, he has access to an account in which he believes an email with valuable information was once deleted by the owner of the account. Whether this is one person or two is not determined.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#18You may wish to state that you can (or can't) prove that the Gmail account is yours, and that you opened the Gmail account personally. I believe Gmail provides a discrete set of one-time keys upon account generation.
I own (and still own) my gmail account.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#19What about contacting Ethereum Foundation? They must have that mail.
Re: Ask HN: Lost $400k USD in a deleted email, how contact a Gmail engineer?
#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't think you read the post. He has access to his account, he's looking for an e-mail he deleted 2 years ago.
> He has access to his account Well, he has access to an account in which he believes an email with valuable information was once deleted by the owner of the account. Whether this is one person or two is not determined.
I'm sure my login history + 2 factor + geographical location + personal information inside would be enough to establish me as the owner.