Like it says in the blog, it is a pain, but it only took me about 15 minutes. I can tell you with the amount of account passwords and other sensitive info in my gmail account, it would be a hundred times more of a pain if my account was hacked. On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Jonathan Mertz <jemertz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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> >> >> > -- 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>