Friday, September 19, 2008

gMail account verification code

Save that gMail verification code

If you didn't get a chance to read Lifehacker yesterday, make sure you read Gina's post about Google's gMail account verification code. As a prolific user of Google gMail, Docs and Sites which use the same account login, I took her note to heart. If you ever get locked out of your gMail account, Google will ask you for your account verification code, which was sent to another of your email accounts when you signed up for your gMail account. If you didn't discard that email, then go back and find it, print it, print to a PDF and save/archive, store the account verification code in your password organizer; find some way to make sure you can find this again if you need it. If you're like me and have tons of documents on Google Docs, it would be no small disaster should you get locked out of your gMail account, so take Gina's advice and act now to save this information before you need it.

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