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So there is no way to stop people from using my gmail account to get on sex and dating sites?

If I block one form of my address there are countless others they could use?

I don't see how I can prevent this, and I don't want to lose my Gmail account because I have bank accounts and other stuff tied to it.

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I guess you could use the reverse approach. Make up a tag or tags that are valid and delete everything else automatically. The hard part would be updating your email everywhere.

Well they're not getting on if they can't acknowledge the confirmation email, so they're not technically using your email account.

The sites don't require a confirmation email. They just enter any email address and it never confirms it, it just starts sending dating suggestions, etc to the email entered.

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