Diane, Account recovery options are there to help you regain access to your account in case you either forget your password or lose access to your account. As the security page says,
*Account recovery options* *If you forget your password or cannot access your account, we will use this information to help you get back in.* So saying you don't need account recovery options setup because you don't plan to lose access to your account is a bit naive. Sometimes things happen. What will you do if you try logging into your account one day and it doesn't accept your password? Having account recovery options setup is like having insurance. You don't plan on using it but you'll be glad to have it when you need it. As for 2 step verification, it's not about making it more difficult for you to login to your own computer. You'll need to use it at least once on your own computer to login but there should be an option that appears saying something like "don't ask for codes anymore on this computer." You'll still have 2 step verification enabled but you won't need to use it again until you go to some other computer or device to login, But the point I think you're missing about 2 step verification is this. Suppose some unknown hacker is able to determine your password somehow. Now from their own computer on the other side of the world perhaps, they're about to login to your account using your password. But if you have 2 step verification setup, they'll enter the password but it won't be enough. They'll see a message saying that they need to also enter the code that was sent to the phone number registered to the account. So unless they also managed to steal your phone, they won't be able to login. And I believe you'll get some notification that someone tried to login to your account from some device and that will give you the clue to change your password. As for using a landline phone for verification, I don't know if that works as advertised. But did you try entering your cell phone? Are you sure you won't receive a text message if one is sent to you? And why not upgrade to a phone that does get text messages? Seems like it would be more difficult to maintain a non-texting cell phone than to get one that does accept text messages. Kenneth On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 10:29 PM, DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: > Something just occurred to me. As I mentioned, there is one computer in > particular I was thinking of for 2-step verif. It was also my plan to opt > only for the step that requires me to input my password. Therefore, that > makes moot my concern about having an alternate e-mail account for recovery > purposes. Or does it? > > *~Diane* > > > On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:47 PM, Kenneth Ayers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I would think so but why not just go and check? Go to your account >> security options and click on recovery email and see if it's something you >> can edit. >> >> Also, since you confirmed that you can login to your sbcglobal email, you >> might want to consider disabling the auto-forwarding for your sbcglobal >> email account. Then it really will be an alternate email account that you >> can use for account recovery. >> >> On Sat, Jul 18, 2015 at 8:24 PM DEP/Dodo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, Kenneth: >>> >>> I just checked and found I *can* log into sbcglobal and view e-mails >>> there. It appears, however, the only way I can check to see if >>> auto-forwarding deletes the original copies is to test it out. If it turns >>> out the originals are deleted, can I then go back into 2-step verification >>> and change the email address to use? I would think so but would like a >>> more definitive answer. >>> >>> As always, thank you. >>> >>> *~Diane* >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Regards, Kenneth -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
