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Back/mail/community?hl=enThiscontentislikelynotrelevantanymore.Trysearchingorbrowserecentquestions.matthewcurtiesmatthewcurtiesOriginalPoster5/17/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseIsanemailfromno-reply@accounts.google.comagenuineGoogleone?0Igotanemailfrom'Google'([email protected])askingforconfirmationofmyrecoveryemailaddress. Whatconcernedmewasthattherecoveryaddressthatitlistedwasaveryoldone. Icheckedinthesettingsandfoundthatthecorrectoneislisted.a.Ifthisisgenuine,thenwhyaretheylistinganoldemailaddressthatisalsonotinmysettings?orb.ifitisnotgenuine,howdidtheculpritknowanold(andmanyyearsdiscontinued)address?MattDetailsReadingandReceivingMessages,Chrome,WindowsPinnedLockedUpvote(782)SubscribeUnsubscribeCommunitycontentmaynotbeverifiedorup-to-date.Learnmore.LatestUpdateLatestUpdates(0)RecommendedAnswerRecommendedAnswers(0)RelevantAnswerRelevantAnswers(0)Ourautomatedsystemanalyzestherepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.AllReplies(20)Ttony_btony_bPlatinumProductExpert5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerYesthatmessageisfromagenuineGooglesecurityemailaddress.GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00matthewcurtiesmatthewcurtiesOriginalPoster5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerOk.Sowhyaretheyaskingmeifaveryoldaddressisthecorrectoneforrecovery? Particularlywhenithasthecorrectoneinthesettingsandtheoldonehasn'tbeenusedforyears.GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00Ttony_btony_bPlatinumProductExpert5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerDoyouhavemultipleGmailaccounts?Didyouchecktoseeifthesecurityalertwasperhapsreferringtoanotheraccountyoudon'tusemuch? GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00matthewcurtiesmatthewcurtiesOriginalPoster5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerIhavethreeaccountsbutnoneofhavetheoldemailaddressasarecoveryaddress. Onlyone,mymainone,isoldenoughtohavehadit,buteventhenIcan'trememberifitdid. IhaveafeelingIonlycreatedthemainGmailaddresswhentheoldone(tesco.net)wasabouttobecancelled(bytheSP),soIwouldnothavethoughthatIwouldhaveuseditastherecoveryforthenewGmailone.GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00Ttony_btony_bPlatinumProductExpert5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerAsitdefinitelyisagenuineGooglesendingaddress,pleasereadthemessageagaincarefullytoseewhatemailaccountitwasreferringto.Sometimespeoplecompletelyforgetaccountswhichtheypreviouslyused. GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00matthewcurtiesmatthewcurtiesOriginalPoster5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerItisdefinitelymymainaccount. Settingsrecoveryaddressisdifferentfromthatindicatedintheemail.GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00Ttony_btony_bPlatinumProductExpert5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerWithoutseeinginsideyouraccount,allseemswelltome. 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Igotsomefeedbackonyourcase.Pleasegotothatemail,clickthethreedotsnexttotheReplybutton,clickShowOriginal.Overontheright,click"Copytoclipboard",thenpastetheresulthereinaresponse.Tryingtodouble-checkthatthesourcewasgenuineandnotspoofed. GoogleuserrecommendedthisOriginalPostermatthewcurtiesmarkedthisasananswerRecommendedbasedoninfoavailableOurautomatedsystemanalyzesrepliestochoosetheonethat'smostlikelytoanswerthequestion.Ifitseemstobehelpful,wemayeventuallymarkitasaRecommendedAnswer.Helpful?00matthewcurtiesmatthewcurtiesOriginalPoster5/18/20MoreoptionsGetLinkReportAbuseRecommendedAnswerRelevantAnswerHere'sthepastedoriginal. AsthepostispublicI'vegonethroughandchangedwhereitsaysmymainemailaddressto[MAIN]andmyold,nowobsolete,addressto[OLD].Delivered-To:[MAIN]Received:by2002:aed:29c7:0:0:0:0:0withSMTPido65csp1393861qtd;    Sat,16May202009:42:20-0700(PDT)X-Received:by2002:aed:257c::withSMTPidw57mr8871372qtc.208.1589647340705;    Sat,16May202009:42:20-0700(PDT)ARC-Seal:i=1;a=rsa-sha256;t=1589647340;cv=none;    d=google.com;s=arc-20160816;    b=0dn9yEFcUmu0cggponkzm/adpFp7G0MS3DIFlT6yp/f0MmPP1p6RyhzWGybtA5u7qq     wPK4J4KCWIGgfNip/hMDR6WdC+cYxg8y6ZxY+SjqdVtqdBf9vltDer3Yle99CjzZa0LQ     l+VGdawGb3ovRFa1RSC47fFUgXI89OLjAUTPLUpXNAOTxNkrxbsTVewtBFmN6LiXMZwK     6ko6cEIFGXUORAPlxNho2O7/XwHmuyY8JPRMniY9SrcXwVmo4udzOKWvBG5YHu+l/7q3     ziMImZhldkUGPSwp29CE6hHZsNPzdIMLS+4XdBq4h1D5KTNW8rSyFzpN23Vi0sJ+MFgS     kzgA==ARC-Message-Signature:i=1;a=rsa-sha256;c=relaxed/relaxed;d=google.com;s=arc-20160816;    h=to:from:subject:message-id:feedback-id:date:mime-version     :dkim-signature;    bh=nLsTy/Wo3MjGzAjGc1sqY6TfK7uD+xwy/lkcoNhzbQA=;    b=GEgJssAy4GDZfV+cKAwh9bZgrgT4Zue+ICWfX0BW8pSv2By3ikT4IXt3hWCb3NYMUH     3ImyeYRUprjjTr3Ngn+51ucXI8632MxzT2Q5khDzhiKg8kBXBHAZR0rD4DJUVsj4FFwz     QDiUPjRppHLFQz8LFSXE/DKgDvGDHWae7GyMPHdi/84VPQW9UUgec0uQydqRZDKGXBPw     AyiJCpdEyc3e9ZoJeeto8VlEniBVSMza3kK2Y9QhmSlIRxXSsKYVQuvxOiwTerxleQIc     gNopcJi8tM4YuAPoVPx0Vhz4ItnqybEeaQdjHJu/PZamPSJDwmomli3WmRBF4fuVAFcI     ozUA==ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1;mx.google.com;    [email protected]=20161025header.b=utnyb6Rq;    spf=pass(google.com:domainof37bfaxggtabkcd-g3eanz11djcih.5dd5a3.1db@gaia.bounces.google.comdesignates209.85.220.73aspermittedsender)smtp.mailfrom=37BfAXggTABkCD-G3EANz11DJCIH.5DD5A3.1DB@gaia.bounces.google.com;    dmarc=pass(p=REJECTsp=REJECTdis=NONE)header.from=accounts.google.comReturn-Path:<[email protected]>Received:frommail-sor-f73.google.com(mail-sor-f73.google.com.[209.85.220.73])    bymx.google.comwithSMTPSid65sor5243525qkh.111.2020.05.16.09.42.20    for    (GoogleTransportSecurity);    Sat,16May202009:42:20-0700(PDT)Received-SPF:pass(google.com:domainof37bfaxggtabkcd-g3eanz11djcih.5dd5a3.1db@gaia.bounces.google.comdesignates209.85.220.73aspermittedsender)client-ip=209.85.220.73;Authentication-Results:mx.google.com;    [email protected]=20161025header.b=utnyb6Rq;    spf=pass(google.com:domainof37bfaxggtabkcd-g3eanz11djcih.5dd5a3.1db@gaia.bounces.google.comdesignates209.85.220.73aspermittedsender)smtp.mailfrom=37BfAXggTABkCD-G3EANz11DJCIH.5DD5A3.1DB@gaia.bounces.google.com;    dmarc=pass(p=REJECTsp=REJECTdis=NONE)header.from=accounts.google.comDKIM-Signature:v=1;a=rsa-sha256;c=relaxed/relaxed;    d=accounts.google.com;s=20161025;    h=mime-version:date:feedback-id:message-id:subject:from:to;    bh=nLsTy/Wo3MjGzAjGc1sqY6TfK7uD+xwy/lkcoNhzbQA=;    b=utnyb6Rqspud1GAWyoIKjpYEND08BOXj7SPoZ2Sm47Ml95RZwFAhhkC+MLay0apPbs     7YsJeFqAZh/LIpLh+QBBvOnB79ENTvLgGlqrV4Ix8hhDsJH4OEDwEdDknckcL1Q5/S0P     GCiYo3Yn3tHrhYWQHxMSZ3H/PExVVy/ffm2hHmmR6XBni/q5j9J5iE33a/kj+lFU7hQv     JOj4o9dzx6rIav2r70PtB10Nv3dYfjPWwbnUBT7T6sxhgibRai+4qv/5KOuU8MrIGzto     3U2rE+Dbl2NlUvpa+rnuSPKVf+Db3LQfw3U924XDPiB3Tvl2KOhFF51PYMhJMbrJprTO     wg8w==X-Google-DKIM-Signature:v=1;a=rsa-sha256;c=relaxed/relaxed;    d=1e100.net;s=20161025;    h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:date:feedback-id:message-id:subject     :from:to;    bh=nLsTy/Wo3MjGzAjGc1sqY6TfK7uD+xwy/lkcoNhzbQA=;    b=lsLRQhc4qwordjxtzR7XgFNKmvq4b90V09EoAl4wQtL8TQiSExPNucKXBZBsMMMkYj     g/Qz2ZPrU6/frHjd/zsz00RHKibAMGAPV8JN0d8Bei/HJ8ntI4DHDEGWDcpub8hi5dMe     MUoQfbdejdq2z9eJK0t2OWBLZV4RZXPpd9GMpGPdIc9xHZMapnl8tWkrZUSWMtn7eWEA     PRbvue6z2NG268wNoWQlBXSeovtFLwrXBtc1e7K+ZZES7fQV4ZTEKJpZD3+gARHlINfN     MSDwrVbIxBTa0y6l7M+gGMi1axcZUiSNnSqSviGLuq2S1aGZxpYUfvbpUTGL/teyvzDd     /nGA==X-Gm-Message-State:AOAM533KeBloUszAuC/xKpeUWOkFnBvF5L52XLd+qpVLK9jA6LtY0Z34SQ7nze1ubSK2tCvGA42RAXoGdo0O4DLeX-Google-Smtp-Source:ABdhPJwPjwJWgXS74c3lw/KLxf9C6+RthNuretxNu8pxcvIAffdDdrp+WWfoKB2s7DECWKKiv1m6pFxJk37J+uy5jhYJ/A==MIME-Version:1.0X-Received:by2002:a37:5143::withSMTPidf64mr8495081qkb.155.1589647340405;Sat,16May202009:42:20-0700(PDT)Date:Sat,16May202001:43:05GMTX-Account-Notification-Type:188-anexp#sapef-a8--saprfsm-const--saphpraf-f1Feedback-ID:188-anexp#sapef-a8--saprfsm-const--saphpraf-f1:account-notifierX-Notifications:85d5cae31c400000Message-ID:Subject:HelpstrengthenthesecurityofyourGoogleAccountFrom:GoogleTo:[MAIN]Content-Ty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