can't confirm email

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?

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12 Comments

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 2 pts · 1y (4 replies)

Wdym by "it hangs".

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (3 replies)

i click the link from my email inbox; it open lemmy.ml; and then the spiny circle just keeps spinning with no feedback of anykind. i have to close the browser tab to do anything else.

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Try PMing the Lemmy devs or just wait until one of them checks this post. They are the owners of lemmy.ml.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (1 reply)

one already has

asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev · 2 pts · 1y

If you mean Davel, he's not one of the Lemmy devs. I meant nutomic or dessalines.

davel@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (6 replies)

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.ml · 2 pts · 1y (5 replies)

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

davel@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (4 replies)

🤷 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.ml · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

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.

davel@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Unfortunately I haven’t answered your original question. I don’t sysadmin lemmy.ml so I’m not in a position to.

eldavi@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

i guess that red "A" next to your username stands for anachy, then. lol