Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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UI_at_80x24•about 1 hour ago

Blog is getting too much spam, so they are restricting posts/comments from Gmail.com addresses.

That's ok, I understand the desire. I also recognize that it's a lazy "fix". I have my own domain and prefer that so I can track compromised sites.

In quasi-related conversation though, in the last year I have encountered 2 "necessary" websites (insurance, and medical form) that would only accept: Gmail, yahoo, outlook, etc addresses!

It's frustrating.

Retr0id•about 1 hour ago

Inferred context: It's the (unverified) email field of a blog comment submission form. gmail.com happens to be the domain that spammers pick most often for their fake email addresses for their spam comments.

Insanity•about 1 hour ago

Given they accept any input that presumably matches a regex it doesn’t matter which one you choose.

But if you are looking for a new email provider and de-Google your life, I’m pretty with ProtonMail and their other offerings. Also moved my 2FA and Password manager to them, alongside their VPN.

zetsurin•25 minutes ago

proton has some issues that may or may not be issues for you

- https://stateofsurveillance.org/news/proton-mail-fbi-stop-co...

- http://thoughtportal.org/2025/02/26/proton-mail-says-its-pol...

these people seem more problem free so far https://mail.tutanota.com/login

temp0826•26 minutes ago

I've been a proton user for a while but have always shied away from their other offerings...feels like too many eggs in one basket to use them for both email and password management (things I consider to be the most critical of all services I use). Vpn as well! Am I being paranoid? It would be nice to not pay for 3 separate services but I have kind of a blockage about it

Don't Use a gmail.com Address

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