Agreed with the other library. We searched and recommend mail.com or the owning company www.gmx.com. We tried them and you can truly create an account without a cell phone--so handy for our patrons. Kelli Perkins Head of Reference Services Herrick District Library 300 S River Ave, Holland MI 49423 616.355.3718 kperkins@herrickdl.org Reading: "The Marco Effect" by Jussi Adler-Olsen ________________________________________ From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> on behalf of Stacy Pasche <spasche@benzieshoreslibrary.org> Sent: Friday, November 07, 2014 1:08 PM To: michlib-l@mail2.mcls.org Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] email with no phone ok- so I just tried again and gmail let me create an account with no phone. Before, we were stuck in a continuous loop on both gmail and yahoo. I promise I had all of my t's crossed and i's dotted. Nevermind, everyone. On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 12:45 PM, Stacy Pasche <spasche@benzieshoreslibrary.org> wrote:
I was helping a patron obtain an email account today and was a little surprised to see that most of the major free web-based email services now require either a second email account or mobile phone number to activate the account. The woman needing email (for unemployment filing) has no previous email account and has no mobile phone. She can't be alone in this situation.
Does anyone know of any web-based email services that still don't require mobile phone or previous email?
Thanks!
-- Stacy Pasche, Assistant Library Director
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