[info]greenwitch in [info]07refugees

Deleting old LJ e-mail addresses

Of interest to those who no longer have control of a) the original address on their LJ accounts, b) those who have hotmail addresses associated with their LJ accounts that they no longer control...

It appears that you can now remove those addresses.

FYI, and get on that, folks.

(I had *three* addresses I no longer controlled on there, which are thankfully gone now. Apparently in 2002-2004 I was quite the web-based e-mail whore.)

ETA: It doesn't appear to be available to everyone, and as noted in comments below, this *does* leave open another huge security hole. So, I suppose, if you're able to remove inaccessible e-mail addresses from your account, do it while you can because the change might be rolled back.
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Posted on Mar. 5th, 2009 at 07:11 pm | | Leave a comment | Add to Memories | Tell a Friend

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[info]foxfirefey

They actually anticipated and made accommodations -- you can only get change your "original" email to something else if you've had that other email verified on your account for a minimum of six months. This makes it much less likely for a hacker to be able to pull that off, though still not impossible.
Posted on Mar. 6th, 2009 10:23 am (UTC) | | Parent | Thread | Reply

[info]sherlock

Thanks for the update! That is a relief :)
Posted on Mar. 6th, 2009 10:52 am (UTC) | | Parent | Reply