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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by zelphirkalt on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:28AM (#32863191)
What you can do is to not use providers like Google or Facebook for you e-mail or identity. Pay for a good e-mail service with human beings in charge and use a safe password, probably a password manager that generates it.
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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by bmitc on Friday September 16, 2022 @02:17PM (#32870012)
Do you or others have suggestions for email providers? I have been considering using Fastmail.

Do people use custom domain names to get around the fact of switching email providers? Aren’t there rejection/filter issues when using custom domain names?

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by zelphirkalt on Saturday September 17, 2022 @04:03PM (#32881034)
I like posteo.
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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by justsomehnguy on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:35AM (#32863245)
This.

I rarely needed to ask for support, but every time FastMail response was by an actual humans, not by a tincans.

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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by whiplash451 on Friday September 16, 2022 @03:58AM (#32863397)
Until fastmail either grows like google and becomes a death-by-scale problem, or goes under for some random reason.
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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by solids on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:29AM (#32863613)
Yes, but then you just take your domain and go somewhere else.
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Re:Tell HN: Locked out of Gmail account even after right pas... by tinaclaussen on Friday September 16, 2022 @04:59AM (#32863825)
no possible for average person...
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