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Is getting an email address for tech folks even "easy" these days? Most services now seem to require a mobile phone number (virtual numbers like Skype numbers seem to be excluded). There are also various mobile operators whose numbers don't work, for whatever reason.

I've personally found getting a new address from gmail etc often problematic.

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Gmail maybe, making an account at mail.com was dead easy. On the flip side, you have to keep pointing out "mail, without a g at the beginning," so who knows if that's worth it.

Gmail actually banks on the idea that most people just fill out whatever fields they are presented. The phone number is not actually required to register an account.

If you keep using the account at one point you'll be required to add your phone number or you won't be able to login.

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