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Old 8 Oct 2024, 10:36 AM   #1
webecedarian
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Anyone run into Hotmail/Outlook demands to re-confirm linking email?

Every few months, when I'm logging in, there's a pop-up asking me to re-confirm yet again, the alternative email I gave them as a link. This is a problem, because the alternative is usually something I don't use, and half the time it's a chore to track down the password or, worse, re-constitute the account.

Hotmail/Outlook gives you two choices with the pop-up, something like:
- Looks good!
- No, I don't have that anymore.

In the past, when I click "Looks good!" seems to me that's always been the end. They don't ask further. But now I'm stuck with something where I really can't access the linked account - so I'm wondering if anyone ever clicked to admit they don't have the old one at all anymore. Or do they just say, Okay, what would you like to give us instead?
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Old 8 Oct 2024, 09:51 PM   #2
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Personally, I would want my alternative email address to be one I use and can easily log into. I have experienced situations where I would have lost the main account if I couldn't get a link or code at the recovery email address. It is easy to think it will never happen to you, but it has happened to many of us!
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Old 5 Nov 2024, 09:47 AM   #3
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It's perfectly easy to log into. It's just that the password I noted down doesn't seem to be the right one.

I'm guessing what happened is that I opened it having chosen a name and password, but then in the process discovered that they had requirements that my password choice didn't fit, so I changed it at the last minute - probably scribbled it down, but can't find it.

Amazingly, although I've even asked in a forum specifically for Hotmail/Outlook, it's as if this never happened to anyone else on the planet.
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Old 6 Nov 2024, 01:14 AM   #4
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Will it let you skip it??? (Not confirm things)
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