i updated my email address in my efforts to de-google myself and i got the email asking to confirm my new email address; but when i do it it just hangs.

how can i find out if my new email address took?

  • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I don’t know what that’s about, but I never gave lemmy.ml my email address because it doesn’t require one, and I would gain nothing by giving it.

    • eldavi@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      3 days ago

      that could explain why the confirmation doesn’t work if an email address is not required.

      • davel@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        3 days ago

        🤷 In any case, unless you want to use the “Send notifications to Email” feature, or you’re worried about losing your password, there’s no reason to give your email.

        • eldavi@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          3 days ago

          my old email address was in the settings page, so i presumed that i had used that to sign up when i created this account and it’s probably a matter of time until mozilla’s password manager gets compromised and leaks my password, but even then i have a hard time imagining how a dark web user or my government could benefit from it.

          thanks for answering my question.