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Just tried it on your site. It went easily enough. I entered my Gmail address in the Persona form, then it had me pick which Google account to use (strange that it wouldn't just choose the one for the Gmail address I entered), then it said I was signed in.

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The gmail case is special, actually. For a few domains (gmail, yahoo, not sure which others) it will fall back to a flow that's more like OAuth. But for unknown domains it sends you an email with a link, and then requires you to create a new account (with a new password) that is persona-specific.

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