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[Emacspeak] Re: OFF TOPIC - Locked Out of Gmail Account



Sean Peters via Emacspeak <emacspeak(a)emacspeak.org> writes:

> Searching for "text to landline" gives results that imply that in the USA it is a service that can be set up.
> Maybe ask your phone operator?
>
> If you can get it unblocked, I can confirm that using gmail in emacspeak is still possible.
> I set up an app password for email and use this with vm in emacspeak.
> I also use it with imapfilter.
>

Correct, all you need is to create an app password and use it instead of
your 'normal' password. You do need to have enabled 2FA in order to use
app passwords. This is how I've been using Google since they introduced
2FA years ago. 

I have no idea how to access the account if you don't have a method to
get the second factor code. Usually, when you enable 2FA, it sends you
some recovery codes that you can store securely and use those. Jim
didn't happen to do that did he (it would probably have been an email
message with the codes in it after setting up 2FA).

I also thought google offered alternative recovery procedures as people
can loose their phone etc, so this isn't an 'unusual' situation. The
process will likely be slow and painful as Google needs to protect
against scammers attempting to access the account, but it should be
possible.


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