delan-temp

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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   I am quite a fool. I've just tested this with a Yahoo! email, and the password recovery works, and with a new Gmail email, and it works too. Looks like it's just my email account, which indicates a problem with my Google Apps and/or domain
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   I believe that my discourse was civil, formal and I certainly did not 'sling' any insults at YC. If you could point out, specifically, where you think I did this, please go ahead. While my last email was critical, I honestly don't think I c
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   I do not see how the fact that a service is free makes it immune to criticism.
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   Yep, the filter list in Gmail's settings is empty.
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   I did do this, in fact. My second last email describes how I created a new account and made sure that the associated email address was entered correctly, but still no email was received.
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   Something like that happened, actually; I did make a submission [1] like the kind you suggested and received almost no response. [1] http://hackerne.ws/item?id=4082564
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   I've searched thoroughly, and have not found any emails, but I do of course receive emails fine from the @ycombinator.com address of the staff member I spoke to. I'll try redoing the test with a different email provider though.
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   I think it would be better if some semblance of effort was made to investigate the cause of the issue instead of repeatedly restating that nothing could be done.
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   by delan-temp 14y ago

   Yep, Gmail certainly does. I've checked all the labels I could find, but, I couldn't find any emails.
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    by delan-temp 14y ago

    That's interesting. I tested it very carefully; when I created the testing account, I made sure that the email address was entered correctly. Requested a password reset and... nothing.
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    by delan-temp 14y ago

    Thanks for the advice, and yes, I have. I also clicked the "email yourself a new password" link that appears after logging in without a password. Sadly, no emails yet.
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    Ask HN: could someone please help me regain access to my HN account?

    1 points by delan-temp 14y ago|2 comments