Email account that works for this mailing list _and without a cell phone number_

[Oliver Grawert]

Hi,
Am Freitag, dem 17.10.2025 um 09:16 -0400 schrieb Little Girl:
> Hey there,
> 
> Oliver Grawert wrote:
> 
> > It's not like you need to use it for more than receiving these SMS
> > after all and for banking stuff like paypal it actually makes a lot
> > of sense to have two factor auth ... 
> 
> The Ubuntu repositories contain the oathtool package, which can be
> used for 2-factor authentication without needing a phone.

Well, yes and no ... depends on the mail service you want to use... 
I.e. the gmail docs say:

"To use oathtool with Gmail, you must have previously set up the
account to use a 2-Step Verification app like Google Authenticator."

So you need a smartphone first to use G-Authenticator to do the initial
setup and can only later switch over ...

ciao
	oli