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I once had my email change because my ISP was bought out. Absolutely nothing I could do about it. The old email was forwarded for 12 months, then cut off comp
by mark-r 3y ago
I once had my email change because my ISP was bought out. Absolutely nothing I could do about it. The old email was forwarded for 12 months, then cut off completely.
- otteromkram 3y agoDid you use that time to update relevant accounts? Not sure what the gripe is here, especially with a one year notification period.
- saagarjha 3y agoIt means you lose accounts that use the email address as your identity and don’t let you change it.
- fshr 3y agoCan you give a couple examples? I can't think of any accounts that don't allow an email change.
- saagarjha 3y agoSay, for example, systems that directly expose your email address as the identifier that can be used to reach you. "Send money to saagar@saagarjha.com [using our service]" kind of sites.
- justsomehnguy 3y agoNot everything is a phpBB forum. Also: > Select Google Account email. If you can't open this setting, it might not be possible to change your email or username. > If your account's email address ends in @gmail.com, you usually can't change it. https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870 https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/19870
- lapsed_pacifist 3y agoThere are accounts which do not allow you to change the email the account is registered to.
- fshr 3y agoCan you give a couple examples? I can't think of any accounts that don't allow an email change.
- darinpantley 3y agoI changed my email address in ~200 accounts and only had trouble updating a few: BuiltIn, CPUID, Flickr, Kakao, JCrew, Nord, and Steiger. After I contacted Kakao support, they asked for some documents. Then they called me to verify the details. A day or two later, they updated my online profile with an editable email field, so I was finally able to update my email address. When I contacted JCrew chat support, they performed the update immediately and emailed me a temporary password from noreply@demandware.net. Flickr and Steiger were also happy to help. TBD on the others. So I can't think of any accounts that don't allow an email change either. But you might have to jump through some hoops.
- mark-r 3y agoI updated all the accounts I could remember, but to this day I don't know if there were any I forgot. I figure if I forgot one, it must not have been important. P.S. not a gripe, just adding an anecdata.
- pseudalopex 3y ago1 of the article's points was accounts must be designed to be updated.