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I got an email, despite never having set up an account. I was able to reset my password and delete the account though. Before I did that I looked through the pr
by DougWebb 9y ago
I got an email, despite never having set up an account. I was able to reset my password and delete the account though. Before I did that I looked through the profile and settings, and it was completely blank aside from my email address.
I'm assuming one of the many people who use my gmail address by mistake tried to sign up with it.
- PakG1 9y agoThis is the primary reason why I switched to using Fastmail with a custom domain. Sick and tired of other people using my email address for stuff, or worse, their friends regularly emailing me to organize get-togethers.
- stevekemp 9y agoThat won't help, I've had a "custom" domain since 1999. I still have people sign up to random services using my email-address.
- PakG1 9y agoHaha, I guess I'm also not publishing my email address anywhere as much as I can? I imagine that eventually the "secret" will get out, but at least I'll no longer have random generators using my email address? Don't rain on my parade, man, it's been quite peaceful over the last half year! :P
- christophilus 9y agoWith FastMail, you can create unlimited (I think) aliases, so I've started creating one per service I use. I think this is a reasonable approach, though a bit of a pain. I only give my personal alias out to close friends and family.
- dasil003 9y agoTry having a common name at gmail and you'll realize that in fact you are wrong, whatever problem you have at your own domain is peanuts in comparison to that nightmare.