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What the ...

Trying to set up my GMail account in Thunderbird but GMail will not let
me in without providing a phone number for ... "verification".

No thanks!

Other GMail accounts I have set up do without this.

I do not have a pay phone handy and I think that incoming calls to a pay
phone are now blocked.

I doubt this is in any way related to Thunderbird, just the big 'G'
trying to get more info they can exploit no matter what they say.

And number blocking DOES NOT WORK all the time especially since they can
use hundreds of numbers to call from.

Is there a way to get a temporary phone number?

Can anything be done?

On 05/18/2016 05:27 PM, OG wrote:
What the ...

Trying to set up my GMail account in Thunderbird but GMail will not let
me in without providing a phone number for ... "verification".

No thanks!

Other GMail accounts I have set up do without this.

I do not have a pay phone handy and I think that incoming calls to a pay
phone are now blocked.

I doubt this is in any way related to Thunderbird, just the big 'G'
trying to get more info they can exploit no matter what they say.

And number blocking DOES NOT WORK all the time especially since they can
use hundreds of numbers to call from.

Is there a way to get a temporary phone number?

Can anything be done?
Ironic, I just did one yesterday and had the same issue. I did however
give my land line phone #. That I don't mind as if I don't know the
incoming caller I just ignore it, or block it if they call often.
Of course you point of changing #s doesn't help with blocking.

I can't come up with any other idea. I entered another email address,
I'm not sure why they didn't allow using that address to send the code.
Maybe I didn't look hard enough. Now that I say it, the "phone #"
button did look like a drill down, maybe there IS another option?.

On 18/05/2016 22:27, OG wrote:


Can anything be done?

Sure. Brain transplant is one option! Second option is to post on the
TB newsgroup at this link:

news://news.mozilla.org:119/mozilla.support.thunderbird



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On 05/18/2016 05:32 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 18/05/2016 22:27, OG wrote:


Can anything be done?

Sure. Brain transplant is one option! Second option is to post on the
TB newsgroup at this link:

news://news.mozilla.org:119/mozilla.support.thunderbird



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On 18/05/2016 22:45, Big Al wrote:
On 05/18/2016 05:32 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 18/05/2016 22:27, OG wrote:


Can anything be done?

Sure. Brain transplant is one option! Second option is to post on the
TB newsgroup at this link:

news://news.mozilla.org:119/mozilla.support.thunderbird



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but OG is different. Do you know his mental state? He is a regular
here under different nyms and some of us have documented his style.

OG wrote:
Trying to set up my GMail account in Thunderbird but GMail will not let
me in without providing a phone number for ... "verification".

I haven't set up a new account lately, but I have always been able to
refuse gmail's request for a 'backup' contact by giving it another
non-gmail email address.

What gmail strongly WANTS to do is have a CELL phone number, not a
non-text-capable number. Gmail has an automated system that a friend of
mine has had to use multiple times when he can't get into gmail.

When that problem develops, gmail's automated system springs into
action, no humans involved, and texts him a pass that lets him get in
and then fix his pass. To gmail's credit, it works great.

However, for various reasons that have to do with what I DON'T do with
cell phones, I have always refused gmail's auto-beseeching me to give a
mobile number.

Gmail's lost pass problem automation can also work with the alternate
email address. It can NOT work with a landline telno.

I suppose that the alternate email address could also be another gmail
address, I don't know if there is any restriction on that part.

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On 18/05/2016 23:11, Ken1943 wrote:
Many sites are asking for a second authorization for security.
Guess hackers won't be able to find phone numbers.



I have never seen TB asking for your telephone number! I just set up a
GMAIL account in TB and I was never asked for my telephone number. When
connecting first time, I was sent back to gmail website to confirm or
deny Thunderbird from connecting to my GMAIL account. Apart from this
no other questions were asked.

I am on, you guessed it, Windows X never updated since 11th April.

Last Update check
http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/afe6f1a8-1609-4277-b330-168daaa27e55/2016-05-18_2323.png

Still on 164
http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/2ecbacd7-41c3-4460-82a8-53fc9048f470/2016-05-18_2325.png

Don't have to cry like a baby about updates and restarts.






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Mike Easter wrote:
Gmail's lost pass problem automation can also work with the alternate
email address. It can NOT work with a landline telno.

From the gmail help: gmail allows 3 different choices for what they
refer to as 'account recovery' options.

- alternate email (no restriction against it being another gmail)
- recovery phone (it doesn't give a restriction requiring mobile/text)
- secret question

I don't know how they automate the secret question or the landline
options, but it is likely they can do that. Google is way into
non-human solutions.


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On 05/18/2016 06:28 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 18/05/2016 23:11, Ken1943 wrote:
Many sites are asking for a second authorization for security.
Guess hackers won't be able to find phone numbers.



I have never seen TB asking for your telephone number! I just set up a
GMAIL account in TB and I was never asked for my telephone number. When
connecting first time, I was sent back to gmail website to confirm or
deny Thunderbird from connecting to my GMAIL account. Apart from this
no other questions were asked.

I am on, you guessed it, Windows X never updated since 11th April.

Last Update check
http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/afe6f1a8-1609-4277-b330-168daaa27e55/2016-05-18_2323.png

Still on 164
http://content.screencast.com/users/JT19560819/folders/Jing/media/2ecbacd7-41c3-4460-82a8-53fc9048f470/2016-05-18_2325.png

Don't have to cry like a baby about updates and restarts.


I think the OP is saying the Google is asking for the phone to send the
authorization code. He's trying to make the gmail address, not add it
to TB.

On 18/05/2016 23:33, Big Al wrote:



I think the OP is saying the Google is asking for the phone to send
the authorization code. He's trying to make the gmail address, not
add it to TB.

this is what he said:

"Trying to set up my GMail account in Thunderbird"

As I said we are dealing with OG the known troll or the most stupid
person around after Stan Brown, Canadian Small Boys Abuser, PJP, Nil,
etc etc These people are known to be very stupid and they keep asking
stupid questions. Don't forget Ken Springer and Rene Lamo*** or even
Keith Nutter.

OG goes where he expects to get experienced couth users.
Those most on the TBird newsgroup are just as dumb as you.

Furthermore this is NOT a TBird question.

Mike Easter wrote:
Mike Easter wrote:
Gmail's lost pass problem automation can also work with the alternate
email address. It can NOT work with a landline telno.

From the gmail help: gmail allows 3 different choices for what they
refer to as 'account recovery' options.

- alternate email (no restriction against it being another gmail)
- recovery phone (it doesn't give a restriction requiring mobile/text)
- secret question

I don't know how they automate the secret question or the landline
options, but it is likely they can do that. Google is way into
non-human solutions.


Not any more.
Just phone or email.

Then its recovery and
date of last use
date of initial set

Like anybody knows that.

On 18/05/2016 23:45, OG wrote:
OG goes where he expects to get experienced couth users.
Those most on the TBird newsgroup are just as dumb as you.

go an tell this to TB posters on TB newsgroup.


Furthermore this is NOT a TBird question.


If it is GMaIL question then why don't you ask on GMAIL forums? Dickhead?




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In article , , OG says...

What the ...

Trying to set up my GMail account in Thunderbird but GMail will not let
me in without providing a phone number for ... "verification".

No thanks!

Other GMail accounts I have set up do without this.

I do not have a pay phone handy and I think that incoming calls to a pay
phone are now blocked.

I doubt this is in any way related to Thunderbird, just the big 'G'
trying to get more info they can exploit no matter what they say.

And number blocking DOES NOT WORK all the time especially since they can
use hundreds of numbers to call from.

Is there a way to get a temporary phone number?

Can anything be done?

Don't think so. Microsoft's free mail service allows for phone OR e-
mail verification. Goodbye Gmail? Worth considering.

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On 05/18/2016 06:41 PM, Good Guy wrote:
On 18/05/2016 23:33, Big Al wrote:



I think the OP is saying the Google is asking for the phone to send
the authorization code. He's trying to make the gmail address, not
add it to TB.

this is what he said:

"Trying to set up my GMail account in Thunderbird"

As I said we are dealing with OG the known troll or the most stupid
person around after Stan Brown, Canadian Small Boys Abuser, PJP, Nil,
etc etc These people are known to be very stupid and they keep asking
stupid questions. Don't forget Ken Springer and Rene Lamo*** or even
Keith Nutter.


You are right, at least about the quote. Having just setup a gmail
account, I remember gmail asking for another phone to send a code to.
Not TB. So I guess I just read between the lines too much. I can't
see TB asking for phone #. The OP could have mistyped his
quesiton/info.