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Re:Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using bac... by branon on Thursday January 19, 2023 @02:23PM (#34444417)
Purchase a domain and use your registrar's SMTP and IMAP servers. I have been doing this for about 5 years now and it feels great. I get to pay annually for a bundle of related services (domain, DNS, email, ...) instead of freeloading in a place where I'm the product and there is no support.

You could also purchase a domain and point MX records anywhere, preferably at some known-good mail service which you pay for.

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Re:Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using bac... by efreak on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:08PM (#34457132)
You don't need to use your registrar. I'm grandfathered in with free G Suite, but there's other services that can do this on the cheap or free.
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Re:Tell HN: It is impossible to disable Google 2FA using bac... by branon on Friday January 20, 2023 @01:11PM (#34457177)
How grandfathered? I had a customer recently whose small business was "grandfathered" into G Suite's free plan... until Google started choking back hard on what features were available.. The free plan still exists but they were essentially forced into buying a subscription.
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