Nathan, have you implemented that? It sounds like a serious pain in the butt (but if you're paranoid, absolutely vital) On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Nathan Rover <nrover@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Not to dig up old news, but I came across this blog post today about > setting up a two step authentication system for your google (gmail) > account. This would in effect make your gmail account hacker proof. > http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2012/04/make-your-email-hacker-proof.html > > Might be worth looking into especially if you have an android phone. > > > On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Mike Lusicic <lusicic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> - >> FWIW, gmail or any free email service will give you every penny you paid >> in support. I have tried to help people with gmail, yahoo mail and so >> forth, with problems they have had, and basically found that the free email >> service is "as is". If you have a problem, they are not going to help you >> solve it. That is the down side of that. If you know this and make an >> intelligent decision for it anyway, then it is a viable way to go. But the >> reality is that there are pluses and minuses on both sides. This email >> address used to be for my ISP, and not it is only a place holder that >> forwards to my real email address provided by my current ISP. >> >> I will probably junk it sooner or later because of the volume of SPAM >> since I have had this email address so long. >> >> On 5/17/2012 6:18 PM, Jonathan Mertz wrote: >> >>> Seriously, if you're going to go to the trouble of switching E-mail >>> accounts, switch to one that's not tied to an ISP. Gmail is my >>> recommendation as well. >>> >>> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Heather Pisani <hlpisani@xxxxxxxxx<mailto: >>> hlpisani@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> Gmail is the best! >>> >>> Heather >>> >>> On May 17, 2012, at 5:33 PM, Yvonne Von Der Ahe >>> <yvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:yvda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> >>> I'm so tired of having problems with my sbcglobal.net >>>> <http://sbcglobal.net> address! New address is >>>> yvonderahe@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:yvonderahe@xxxxxxxxxxx**> >>>> Sorry for all the problems... >>>> Yvonne >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------**------------------------------** >>>> ------------ >>>> *From:* Glenn <GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:GLNash@xxxxxxxxxx>> >>>> *To:* Geocaching Freelist <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:geocaching@freelists.**org <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>> >>>> *Sent:* Thu, May 17, 2012 5:39:35 AM >>>> *Subject:* [GeoStL] yvonne… you mail is bouncing and not being >>>> delivered >>>> >>>> - >>>> But ... >>>> >>>> Nope, that would be >>>> . >>>> . >>>> . >>>> >>>> (here it come). >>>> . >>>> . >>>> >>>> TREEMendous! >>>> >>>> Glenn >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ****************************************** >>>> For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, including >>>> unsubscribing from this >>>> list, click -----> >>>> //www.freelists.org/list/**geocaching<//www.freelists.org/list/geocaching> >>>> >>>> Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw >>>> Missouri Geocaching land policies --> http://tinyurl.com/lgyy84 >>>> Missouri Geocachers Forums --> >>>> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/**index.php<http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php> >>>> Missouri Geocachers Calendar ---> >>>> >>>> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/**index.php?app=calendar<http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php?app=calendar> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> ****************************************** >> For List Info or To make _ANY_ changes to your account, including >> unsubscribing from this list, click -----> >> //www.freelists.org/list/**geocaching<//www.freelists.org/list/geocaching> >> >> Missouri Caches Scheduled to be Archived http://tinyurl.com/87cqw >> Missouri Geocaching land policies --> http://tinyurl.com/lgyy84 >> Missouri Geocachers Forums --> >> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/**index.php<http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php> >> Missouri Geocachers Calendar ---> http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/** >> index.php?app=calendar <http://mogeo.ipbhost.com/index.php?app=calendar> >> > > > > -- > Cheers, > > Nathan Rover > > Connect with me: > <http://www.nathanrover.com> <http://www.facebook.com/nrover> > <http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=2abec2fd-841b-4ff6-9cc2-88dd97c54e6f> > <http://www.linkedin.com/in/nathanrover> > <http://twitter.com/#%21/NathanRover> > >