EVERYONE UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR PROFILE

[thennek]

So if I know my email and password, do I still need to create a new email and password to have access to the new site? 

[Jon Snow]

3 hours ago, PanthersATL said:

For everyone who's talking about bad email addresses/confirmation...  y'all are talking about confirming a new email address on this old board to replace/update an email that has become outdated/inaccessible in preparation for the eventual account migration, right? 

You're not talking about issues with email on the new board?

 

I'm talking about getting a confirmation link in the existing email I was already using here. I even tried to use another email account to see if it didn't like Gmail. But that didn't work either. 

[Jon Snow]

1 hour ago, thennek said:

So if I know my email and password, do I still need to create a new email and password to have access to the new site? 

Thats the question. As soon as you try to update your email address you will get semi locked out. Unless you get lucky and have an email account it will accept I have no idea what to tell you.

[DamnItJake!]

The reset worked with proton.me.. wouldn’t work with my Gmail, Yahoo or Verizon email accounts 

[Lurk21]

I'm lost in the sauce but I have a Gmail account, what do I need to do

[Jon Snow]

47 minutes ago, Lurk21 said:

I'm lost in the sauce but I have a Gmail account, what do I need to do

If you can still login here I would recommend getting a proton.me email account before you do anything. Do it if only to have the ability to validate your account here.

Just changing your email address in the settings will automatically prevent you from doing anything else until you get the confirmation link in the email you enter.

I made the mistake of updating my email address here and never received an email with a link at the new address to validate my account. I even put my old email address back in and never received a link there either.

The only thing that worked for me was to get a Proton email account and use the email address. As soon as I entered it in my account here as my new email address I received the email link in seconds. Go figure. 

Edited 16 hours ago by Jon Snow

[Chaos]

Can we hold up on shifting to a new site until we can figure out why Gmail isn’t working right? Speaking selfishly but I know many users have Gmail.