Link a mailbox to a phone. How to secure your email inbox

Instruction

First, make sure your page has been linked to an email address. To do this, go to your page (http://vk.com) and in the "My Settings" section, select the "Notifications" tab. At the bottom of the tab, you will see the entry "Email Alerts". Check if the e-mail for notifications is indicated there (if the page is not linked to an e-mail address, the phone number will not be unlinked).

After that, you will receive a message by phone with a code that you need to enter in a special field in the "Turn off notifications" window. If SMS does not arrive within 15 minutes, request the code again by clicking on the appropriate link, or try again later.

After deleting the phone number, in order to enter the page, you need to specify the email address to which your page is linked as a login. However, when using the page without a linked number, there is one not very pleasant moment: you will constantly receive reminders about linking a phone number.

You can unlink the number before deleting the page (just deleting it is not enough, because the number will remain attached to it), or link it to another page or use it when registering in social network"In contact with".

You can also change the previous number mobile phone specified on your page, if you have access to it. To do this, go to the "My Settings" section, select the "General" tab and in the "Your phone number" item, where the current number is displayed, click "Change phone number". Then enter a new number in the window that appears.

After that, two numbers (old and new) will receive an SMS with a confirmation code. The phone number will change after entering the codes on the VKontakte page.

When registering in the ICQ instant messaging system, in most cases it is required to enter a postal address, to which notifications from the ICQ server will be sent in the future. In some cases, this is inconvenient, for example, when changing a mailbox or deleting an old one.

You will need

- Internet connection.

Instruction

Open a browser, type in address bar www.icq.com/password. You will see a window with several lines, fill them in by entering the mailbox address specified during registration in the messaging system and check digits for verification, respectively, and click next.

If the message Error appears in the window that opens, check that the email address is entered correctly. If the message Password Assistance - Enter Code appears, the activation of the security question has gone to mailbox.

Open your mailbox in a new browser tab. Open the letter received from the ICQ server, open the link to activate the questions, click "Next" in the page that opens and wait for the new password to be received by mail.

Refresh the page when you receive an email from the ICQ server with new information to sign in, open your messaging client and sign in to your account using the message you received New password. Enter the new information email address.

Open a browser, enter www.icq.com/password into the address bar, enter your account number (UIN) and click Next. Open the link that says If these are not your questions & answers, click here. Enter new mailing address, and best of all, copy it from the box to avoid errors.

Open the new mailbox to which you are going to link your account, find the letter with the address confirmation link, open it and complete the process of reissuing the mailbox linked to the ICQ number.

Restart your exchange client instant messaging, check your account settings and see if the mailbox change was performed correctly. Pay special attention to entering your email address as you may lose your ICQ number.

How to untie a number from VKontakte

For example, in the VKontakte social network, in order to unlink a number, you need to log into your account with your username and password, and then go to the "Settings" section. Next, you need to open the "Notifications" tab and check whether the e-mail is linked to the account or not (the "E-mail for notifications" field must be filled in). If this is not done, then it will simply not work to untie the mobile phone number. After the user enters E-mail and confirms it, you need to follow the link http://vk.com/deact.php. In the "Mobile phone" field, indicate the number that you want to unlink from the page on the social network and click on the "Send code" button. After the code arrives on your mobile, you must enter it in the appropriate field and confirm the operation using the "Turn off notifications" button. This completes the whole process, but after that the user will receive notifications about the binding of a new number.

How to untie a number in Odnoklassniki

In the Odnoklassniki social network, everything is a little more complicated. In order to remove your phone number, you must first delete your page from the social network and wait three months, after which it becomes possible to register again (only for those who want to re-link the same number to the page). So, the whole procedure consists in deleting the page, unfortunately, there is no other way to implement what you want. In order to delete a page in Odnoklassniki, you must go to the very bottom of the page and find the "Regulations" item. By clicking on the link, a new window will appear where you need to find another link, which is also at the very bottom and click on "Refuse services". After that, a special menu will open in which you must specify the reason for deleting the page, enter the password for your account and click on the "Delete" button. After 3 months, the mobile phone number will be automatically deleted from the database.

How to quickly and effectively recover a password from a mailbox

If you have forgotten or lost your mailbox password, the system will allow you to restore it. However, you need to take care of this in advance. To do this, follow a few simple steps.

Go to the "Settings" section and select "Password recovery data".

On the page that appears, do the following:

Create a security question:
1. You can choose a question from a pre-made list (not recommended).
2. You can write your own. For guidance on how to create a good question, see this article.
Write an answer to your question.
Specify an additional email address to which the system will send the recovered password. If you don't have it, get it, preferably on another resource.
Specify the mobile phone to which the password will be sent. You can select it from the list of already entered phones or create a new one using the "edit" button. You can read more about this in this article.
Enter Current password to save your changes and click Save.

If you are already logged in but want reestablish forgotten password, you need to follow the same steps:

Optional: Select a secret question or answer a question of your own making (it will automatically appear in the input line if you have saved it).
Answer the question
Optional: Specify an additional email address to which the system will send the recovered password.
Optional: Specify the mobile phone to which the password will be sent. You can select it from the list of already entered phones or create a new one using the "edit" button.
Enter the code you see in the picture. If it is completely unreadable, change the code by clicking on the link below.
Click Restore.

If you have forgotten your password and cannot log in, the procedure will be different.

You can read how to recover a password using a security question in this article.

You can read how to recover your password using additional email in this article.

You can read how to recover your password using your phone in this article.

How to create a strong password

To ensure the security of the mailbox, you need to come up with a good password. It must be unique and in no case should be the same as the password from your game account.

A strong password is not a sequence of letters and numbers like qwerty, 12345, etc. Such combinations are calculated almost instantly. Another thing is when the password consists of a set of non-consecutive characters different type(letters, numbers, Special symbols) and case (uppercase and lowercase letters).

Different mailers have different requirements for passwords in length (for example, from 6 to 16 characters) and composition (cannot include Russian letters or consist exclusively of numbers). The most universal password will be a combination of 10-12 numbers and letters of different case of the English alphabet, for example Ho0Dekj78r. Some systems support automatic password strength checking.

Do not use personal data, character name and other information that is easily accessible to scammers as a password.

After creating a password, remember it or write it down somewhere in a notebook (preferably paper, not a program). Do not give your password to anyone under any circumstances.

You should change your password as often as possible (every 2-3 months).

If you have forgotten your password, then recover it. How to do this is described in detail in this article.

How to create a good security question

As a rule, mail systems offer you standard security questions, however, they may not be reliable. Firstly, most scammers are aware of these issues. Secondly, they are all quite simple, and you can find out the answers to them simply by looking at your account on any social network (i.e. you should not write questions like this: “ In which city did I vacation in the summer of 2008"- it is quite likely that the photo album under the heading "Sochi" in MoemMir will betray you "with giblets."

Therefore, we offer you some tips on how to make your secret question original and difficult to answer:

Do not use in question personal information, which today has become available with the spread of social networks. Your age, favorite movie and cat's eye color - all this can be found out in a couple of clicks.
Do not ask a question from the series " What year did the Fifth Anti-Napoleonic Coalition War take place?» - i.e. one that is easy to find the answer to by simply typing it into a search engine.
Do not create a question related to your game account, character, etc.
Questions to which the answer is simple words and numbers like yes, no, 2, 666.
Do not make up questions like "lvoaukshshaokekoletro" with answers "lvaovlaovoato". Yes, the chance that someone will pick up the answer tends to zero, but over time you yourself will forget it.
The question should be as personal as possible, but at the same time such that the answer to it would be difficult to find for an outsider. If you are sure that no one knows the name of your first friend from kindergarten, what is the name of your grandfather's favorite cologne or what words your mother or wife wakes you up in the morning, then feel free to create your secret question based on them.
You can mask a fairly simple question, making it more difficult to understand, but at the same time understandable to you. For example: "When I was in the ninth grade, I could not imagine life without it" with the answer "a cup of invigorating black tea."
Thinking up a good question isn't everything. Your answer needs to be as accurate as possible. Watch for spaces and punctuation marks, avoid overly complex constructions.
If you forgot the answer, don't worry. Just write down the first thing that comes to your mind. Most likely, this will be the correct option.

How to reset your password with a security question

If you have forgotten the password for your mailbox, then you can recover it using the secret question that you asked earlier.

Please remember your passwords and keep them in a safe place! You can read about how to create a good password in this article.

How to link phone to email

Binding helps to easily recover the password from the mailbox and is one of the good tricks that can guarantee the security of the mail.

To link a mailbox to a phone, do the following:

How to recover password by phone number

If for some reason you cannot access your mailbox, you can recover your password using your phone number.

How to recover a password using an additional e-mail

If for some reason you cannot access your mailbox, you can recover your password using an additional email address. You can read how to specify it.

How to set a password for a folder

In order to protect your mail as much as possible, you can install additional passwords to folders inside the mailbox.

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Today, any major portal allows you to link a user's profile to his mobile phone number. Given the fact that nowadays everyone has a mobile phone, this method will be the simplest and most reliable.
When registering, you need to indicate your mobile phone number, which will receive a special code within a few minutes, which must be entered in a special field. After that, in case of password hacking, or loss of registration information, you can easily restore access to your profile through the password recovery form. If you have not yet linked a mobile phone to your profile, do so as soon as possible. Then you will not have to shed crocodile tears about the loss of access to your mail, or the profile on Vkontakte.ru.

Now let's take a closer look at examples of how to link a mobile phone number to mail on Mail.ru, as well as to a personal page on the Vkontakte social network.

Linking the phone to the profile on Vkontakte.ru
Go to your profile and follow the link "My settings". Find information about the phone number below. If a number is already attached to the questionnaire, then you will see the following picture:

If telephone number is not bound, you will be prompted to specify it. You can also change your phone number here if necessary. After entering the phone number, you will receive an SMS with a code that you will need to enter in the window that appears after clicking on the "Change phone number" button.

Linking a phone to Mail.ru mail
For binding mobile number in services Mail.ru you need to log into your account and go to the "Settings" section (top right, next to the "sign out" button). In the "Settings" section, select My phones - Add number. After that, you will see a window for entering a phone number.

After entering the number, press the "done" button and see such a window.

Here you need to enter the code that will come to the phone number you specified. After that, this number will be linked to all your services on Mail.ru (mail, my world, photos, blogs, etc.).

As you can see from the examples above, it is very easy to protect your profile or mailbox from hacking. This whole procedure will take no more than 5 minutes. But in case of problems, you can easily restore the lost one.
Protect your data before it's too late. Otherwise, it will be very difficult to restore access to a hacked account and prove that you are its owner.

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Comments and reviews: 30

1. Andrey 06.06.2011
By the way, not so long ago, the Vkontakte website changed the system for registering new users. Now you can register only at the invitation of one of the site members. The invitation code is sent only to your mobile phone, you cannot send an invitation by mail. So new users will already have a phone number attached to their personal pages. We see those. Contact support is already completely tired of the tears of users of hacked profiles.

Answer:
On Odnoklassniki.ru, now you also need to enter a phone number during registration to complete account activation.
This was done, rather, not so much to protect personal pages, but to prevent the registration of leftist accounts for sending spam. If earlier on Vkontakte.ru it was possible to register a bunch of accounts, now they are all tied to a mobile phone number and are registered by invitation. Spam will be much less.

2. Ilja 26.07.2011
How can I link one phone number to several pages on Vkontakte.

Answer:
In any way, this is done so that it would be possible to somehow control the registration of users. Why does one person need several pages? Now it will be more difficult for spammers to register profiles automatically, and the one who invited a spammer more than once risks a ban on his page on Vkontakte

3.Solomon 04.09.2011
And what will happen if the account password is hacked and the linked phone number is changed to their own. Will it be possible then to restore access to a contact or mail, or not?

4 Julius 05.09.2011
Solomon, I don’t know how on Mail.ru, but on Yandex mail, when a new phone is linked, it is added to the list already linked earlier. Those. even if an account is hacked on Yandex, it will always be possible to change the password to a new one, provided, of course, that a mobile phone was previously linked to the account.

In general, in order not to rack your brains, it's easier to check. Take a second mobile phone and link an account to it. Then try to recover the "forgotten" password using the first phone.

5. Sandra 28.09.2011
bullshit. it's just that someone controls the correspondence between the IP address and the phone, both of course belong to a certain person. someone strong and big is watching you. There is no anonymity on the Internet, for a long time already. increasingly strengthen surveillance measures. on the one hand, not bad, you seem to be protected. but on the other hand... the rights at users do not increase.

6. Garik 29.09.2011
Until you become attached. And then the people wonder how they found out the passport data. Do not forget that with the phone number you also give personal data.

7. Denis 01.10.2011
For the paranoid:
1 - The passport details of the owner of the phone number can only be obtained at the request of the relevant authorities.
2 - Your phone number is not visible to anyone.
3 - If the authorities want to find you, they will find you by IP address. How many cases have already been when a person was found for posting an inappropriate comment on some blog, and mind you without any reference.

If you are not a malicious hacker, then linking your phone does not threaten you. To do it or not is a matter of choice for everyone. Yes, and the left SIM card can be bought without problems.

P/S
There is anonymity on the network, you just need to understand how networks work and be able to leave no traces. If you access the network from your home PC, then it will not be difficult to track you. Only who is interested in you with your empty chatter on social networks?

8. romance 09.11.2011
When they break the box, then the phone either changes or removes what to do then, I already had it

Answer:
Nobody breaks your mailbox, you give the password yourself on phishing sites, or Trojans that you yourself run take it away from you.

9. Julia 20.12.2011
What should I do? I created a new page and my number moved to it. I new page I deleted it and the number remains. And on the old one they write ("Your phone number was linked by another user to your page. Link a phone number to the page to provide additional security for your account.)"
When I enter my number, it says to me that the number cannot be linked more than once a day. WHAT SHOULD I DO? HELP ME PLEASE!

10. Maria 26.12.2011
Please tell me when registering VKontakte I was asked only for a mobile phone, but what about mail? Isn't she asked? It turns out that my account is not linked to any mail?

11. Adeline 08.02.2012
Please tell me what to do? I had 2 pages registered on different numbers, in contact, I decided to delete 1, then restored it, but I needed a completely empty one, and it took a very long time to delete it. I registered again and accidentally entered my number on 2 pages on which I constantly sit now I can’t restore my number on it! He writes that this number is already linked to another page, how now to restore the number to 1 page, and delete 2 pages completely?

12. Katya 10.02.2012
In my contacts, when I display my number, it says that another user uses this number! Tell me what they are doing, otherwise I'm already tired of constantly driving this test to see if I'm a real person! =(

Answer:
An outsider will not be able to bind your phone number to you, as an SMS message with a confirmation code will be sent to your phone, which you will need to enter on the Vkontakte website.
If you see a message that your number is being used by another user, it means that you or your loved ones linked it earlier in another profile.

Setting and changing the number is done here:
Your profile - My Settings - Change phone number

13. Andrew 25.02.2012
How to unlink a page in a contact to a mailbox in a mail

Answer:
Your page - My Settings - Change email address - New address

1. Enter the phone number that we want to untie.
2. We receive a code on the phone (if the code does not arrive within a minute, click the "Request the code again" link or try later) and enter it in a special field on the page.
3. That's it, the number is "untied".

The vacated number can be used when registering a new page

15. Igor 04.03.2012
I have a question. If I have a number not attached to the mail (mail.ru) and I forgot the password. I want to restore, but the form for maintaining the answer to the secret question does not light up (it is impossible to write in it), can I somehow restore it?

16. Leila 13.03.2012
Please tell people. My mobile phone is being used by someone, what should I do to use this phone? And since it says that this phone is used by another user.

Answer:
Read carefully the answer to comment #15

17. Evgenia 19.03.2012
I read all the comments and couldn't help myself. Tell me, if for several days now, I want to link a new page to the phone, but they write to me "The limit on the number of activations for this phone number has been exceeded. Please try again later."
I've been repeating for almost a week, always the same thing. What to do?

18. Anastasia 27.03.2012
what to do if I accidentally unlinked the number from my page in contact

Answer:
What's stopping you from hooking it up again?

19. Elena 09.04.2012
Hello. I registered with classmates. After that, a code for linking a number to a page in a contact has been coming to my phone for several days in a row. I am not registered in contact and do not intend to do so. How to get rid of this mailing list? Thank you in advance.

20. Nona 10.04.2012
My number is linked to my page, but I have a second page, and there every time I perform an action, I need to link the number, and I have only one phone number. How can I use my second page and how can I link my number to both pages?

Answer:
Answered in comment #2

21. Nastya 10.05.2012
Hello. Please answer, but is it free to link a mobile phone number to a page in contact?

Answer:
If this is really Vkontakte and not a phishing (fraudulent) site, then it's free.
You can check which site you are opening using a simple program:

22.DX 14.05.2012
Linking to a page to a mobile phone is the dumbest thing that has been done in VK, it complicates life for many, I delete my page in protest and urge you to do the same!

Discussion on this topic
http://www.huzhe.net/complaints/vkontakteru-c22101.html#comments
http://www.otzyvua.net/v-konta....d=21562

Answer:
And what would you do if you had a site with tens of millions of users?
How would you protect users from tons of spam sent from automatically registered accounts?
What would you do if every day you received several thousand letters demanding to recover the stolen password, which they themselves scammed on a phishing site or through a vote cheating program installed by themselves?

This list can be continued indefinitely.

The introduction of linking personal pages to a mobile phone number is not a problem for a normal user, there the service is absolutely free. But for Bots and those who like to register dozens of fake accounts, this is really a problem.

I myself am the administrator of several sites, incl. and one very visited. I know firsthand the problems that arise on the visited resources.
“Oh, I got spam, are you admins sleeping?”
"Oops password stolen, help ..."
“Why did you block me, I didn’t violate anything (a bunch of obscene words)”

The service, mind you, is free for users, they don’t take money from you for using it. Or will the rivers flow backwards without this service? If you don't like it, don't use it, no one is forcing you.

23. Ella 23.05.2012
Tell me, is it possible to set up the phone so that photos from the phone automatically go to the VKontakte page?

Answer:
Your "beloved friend" will come to you, set up the phone, and all your private photos will float into the public domain, right?

No, you can't do this by phone alone. Perhaps there is special programs, allowing you to do this, it is technically easy to do this, but again, you will need to specify a login and password for your profile in them.

24. Dima 08.06.2012
Here I have two pages in contact that have the same login, password and phone number, how can I make one page remain and the other does not exist, help?

Answer:
I can't imagine a situation where there are two different Accounts have the same username and password. How then the server will define the user?

25. Jay 18.06.2012
Your phone number has been linked to another user's page.
Is it possible to find out which page the number is linked to?

Answer:
Only its owner can bind a phone number, since the binding is carried out by entering an activation code that comes via SMS. So this page can only be yours.

If you did not bind anything, then it is possible that these are scammers. The virus replaces the address of the real site vk.com on the computer with a fraudulent site. There are also viruses that even show the address of the real site vk.com in the address bar.

26. Regina 20.06.2012
Help please, my page in VK was taken away from me, the number to which the page was linked was replaced with my own, fraudulently through me.
That’s for sure, it makes no sense to tell me no, that they couldn’t do this, messages came to my mobile phone, I know for sure that they changed the number, now I just can’t go to VK, what should I do ?? Please, help.

Answer:
The question "what to do?" you need to ask the VK support service, they can help you only there, nowhere else.

27. Katya 17.07.2012
Please tell me, how can I link the number to another page in mail ru, it’s just that there is a number to add, but it’s not the main one, and I lost the main SIM number a long time ago and don’t remember the number and therefore they often try to hack me. tell me how to make another main number?

28. Alla 20.08.2012
I decided to make another page (to another mailbox and other phone number) but the first and last names are the same., now old page does not open, tell me what to do!? Thanks

Answer:
To go to old account you need to exit from the new one (link / EXIT button).

29. Carolina 14.09.2012
And how to restore if there is no phone no number?

Answer:
If you do not remember your password, then next to the login form there will always be a link "forgot your password?"

30. Larisa 17.09.2012
My mailbox was hacked and my phone number and secret question were changed there. I went to the VK page, because I remember the mailbox and password, but the phone number has also changed there. I'm trying to bind a new number, but I have to wait a very long time. I wanted to change the mailbox, but for confirmation they offer to follow the links from the old mail, but how can I do this? I'm afraid that they will change the password and I will be left without my page.

Answer:
Your mailbox was not hacked, but your password was stolen. No need to download incomprehensible programs, codecs from the Internet, update browsers, etc. from dubious sites.

P/S
You write changed phone, question...
This can only be done by entering the mailbox and entering a password. If you can get into the box, it will not be difficult for you to return everything back. Only first clean the computer from Trojans and viruses. If the antivirus does not find anything, it does not mean that they are not.

This publication will talk about how to untie email from Vkontakte. It often happens that people change their email addresses for some reason. It can be spam that constantly comes and completely "clogs" the mailbox, maybe someone simply forgot their credentials to enter the mailbox, and much more. In general, there can be a lot of reasons to change your email, and they are all individual. In this case, there is a need to untie the old mail from Vkontakte. Also, very often they do not want to receive various notifications and messages by mail, and therefore they want to untie it. But, it is worth noting that it is impossible to untie mail at all. You can simply turn off notifications in the tab of the same name in the settings section.

In Vkontakte, you only have the opportunity to change your email address. To perform this task, go (click) on the settings section located in the left menu, as seen in Figure 1 above. After that, you will be taken to the settings page, where in the first tab you need to go down the page and find the item “Your email address” (see Figure 2 above), after the page and form settings. Next, you "drive in" the address of the newly created box and click the "Save box" button.

An email address, along with a phone number, is one of the main identifiers for the owner of a Vkontakte account. That is why many VK users will be interested to know how to link email to vkontakte if they have not gone through this procedure before. To do this, just go to the same account settings section (see 1 in the picture below).

After that, you need to select the “Alerts” tab in the top menu of the “Settings” section (see 2 in the figure above). In this tab, you can see two subsections with instant alerts and alerts by E-Mail. As you can see, you can simply uncheck the two boxes. Here we click on the mail binding button (3 - in the screenshot above) and perform the mail binding. We have discussed above questions about how to bind or untie email box to your Vkontakte account. Now you can safely tell your friends about it. They will be very grateful to you for this.

In addition to everything already studied in this publication, interest is also caused by such a procedure as Vkontakte registration via e-mail. Previously, there was such an opportunity, which many dishonest firms or users willingly used. They simply registered many disposable boxes for bots and the creation of fake Vkontakte accounts. Now everything has become more complicated, because it is necessary for each new account, enter a phone number.

All this can be seen on the registration page (Figure 1). Click on the registration button. Next, enter your first and last name. Then we go to the window where you need to confirm your registration (Figure 2 above). Here, as you can see, there is a field in which you need to enter your valid phone number. Subsequently, a message confirming registration will be sent to this number.