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I have used incognito mode in chrome to run msu-google apps in parallel with gmail. I do have to open 2 sessions/windows of chrome, rather than 2 tabs in the same session. -----Original Message----- From: Leo Sell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 12:00 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [MSUNAG] question about the google apps transition thing 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 @msu.edu <http://msu.edu> address as >> the "backup address" which you can use to regain access to your >> @gmail.com <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 -- Leo Sell MSU ATS Help Desk -- "I answer that no country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance. Morally, it is the greatest menace to our social order." FDR