Subj : Gmail Conspiracy
To   : AARON THOMAS
From : Rob Mccart
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 01:25:00

AT>I try not to take my cellphone with me anywhere because I don't like to recei
  >phone calls or texts while I'm out and about. And since my wife always takes
  > phone everywhere, I thought that I could log in to my Gmail account on her p
  >e if needed.

AT>I was wrong. I can't do that. It said "You're trying to log in on an unknown
  >ice." So then to verify that "it's really me," Gmail offered to send a code t
  >y phone. But that wouldn't work because I didn't have my phone with me. There
  >s a button that said "Try another way.." but that literally was a fake button
  >d it didn't do anything.

I've never been a big fan of Gmail, although you pretty much have to
sign up for it to keep your Phone and Tablet updated. What I did was
go to gMail and set it up to forward all incoming mail to my other
main eMail address so I don't miss anything and anyone I do want to
reply to I can reply from my other eMail address and switch them over.

Another thing I do.. I don't have a wife I can rely on for a second
cell phone so I take mine with me if I'm leaving the house for any
length of time, but I don't like being disturbed either so, unless
I'm expecting a serious call, I put the phone on Airplane Mode.
This saves battery power but allows for a quick startup if needed
and the phone is still functional for a lot of other things like
Camera and Games or as an eReader, etc..

Another option is putting it on Do Not Disturb mode, which I have
set up to only allow through calls from people in my Contacts list,
which at least blocks Spam calls and such..

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