On 7/21/11 11:26 AM, Gary Schrock wrote:
> On 7/21/2011 10:34 AM, Carl Bussema III wrote:
>> It also means you can't use your @[log in to unmask] <http://msu.edu> address as
>> the "backup address" which you can use to regain access to your
>> @[log in to unmask] <http://gmail.com> (or other Google address) account.
>>
>
> Ok, this is the thing that I was wondering about specifically.  Leo, 
> can you chip in and confirm that this statement is correct?  Because 
> I'm guessing that this particular situation is probably pretty common 
> (after all, I'm guessing a fair number of people, especially 
> professors, used their msu email address as their backup email address 
> for their gmail account, and some of these people may not *have* 
> another email address to use to change it to, so I can see this being 
> something of an issue).
>

I THINK it's OK to use [log in to unmask] as a secondary / backup email 
address on Google accounts. I don't believe that's an issue at all.  The 
PRIMARY (sign-in) cannot be [log in to unmask] without creating a conflicting 
account.

>>
>>
>
> I thought I remembered seeing something about a setting you can turn 
> on to have two google accounts open in different windows of the same 
> browser?  Can't remember it off the top of my head.  I have to admit, 
> I generally resort to two different browsers most of the time I need 
> to do this.
>

https://www.google.com/accounts/MultipleSessions
not a publicized or particularly recommended approach - but available.

I personally would encourage people to use separate browsers....

/L

> Gary

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Leo Sell
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