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Re:Help Locked out of 10 years Gmail account by Beltalowda on Saturday December 24, 2022 @01:14PM (#34119448)
> Quite a few institutions won't let you use an email that comes from protonmail or a custom domain. So, many times I'm forced back into using a Gmail address to prevent a whole host off other issues

As in, they check "if domain != 'gmail.com' { fuckyou(); }"? Or as in "they MTAs are not very good and just don't deliver email"?

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Re:Help Locked out of 10 years Gmail account by harshalizee on Saturday December 24, 2022 @02:58PM (#34120506)
Literally that. If your email domain doesn't come from a set of whitelisted domains (gmail, yahoo, msn, etc.) they just don't let you create an account.

I have accounts in the US, EU and Asia due to family, etc. and this kind of restriction is fairly common in EU/Asia

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Re:Help Locked out of 10 years Gmail account by Beltalowda on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:59PM (#34122522)
> this kind of restriction is fairly common in EU/Asia

Interesting; I can't say I recall ever encountering such a restriction anywhere, including banks, and I have or had bank accounts in a number of European (and other) countries. I've encountered other problems, but not this. Not that I'm doubting your experience of course; just interesting I never had problems with it.

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