# How do I check if my email has been confirmed? (GMAIL) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 29, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729 "2004-06-29T17:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/1 "2004-06-29T17:08:58Z")
I was an earlier adopter of Gmail, and I _think_ it was confirmed properly, but now I see the sticky and wonder. How do I check? Would it say ‘uncomfirmed’ under ‘Edit Email & Password’ in the User CP? ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/2 "2004-06-29T17:41:59Z")
If you don’t recieve the email and activate it, then you are locked out of your account. I went through this just this morning, actually. Since you can post, your email must have been accepted. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/3 "2004-06-29T22:12:10Z")
OK, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![AvadaK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@AvadaK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AvadaK)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2004, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/4 "2004-06-30T04:13:51Z")
Actually, I just realized this afternoon, that you can get email sent from the SDMB if you click the “SPAM” link on the left side of the screen. The SDMB email should be filtered and saved there, and you can open it and get the confirmation link. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/5 "2004-07-01T13:11:01Z")
Where is this “SPAM” link you are referring to? Not seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/6 "2004-07-01T13:22:53Z")
On the left side, you should see a list that looks like so: Inbox Starred Sent Mail All Mail Spam Trash ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/7 "2004-07-01T13:29:52Z")
And upon changing my address to gmail, this is indeed what happens. I marked the message “Not spam,” so I’m hoping that will cause further messages from the SDMB to go to my Inbox rather than the Spam folder. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/8 "2004-07-01T15:48:16Z")
I thought you guys were talking about a SPAM link on the SDMB, not GMAIL. Never mind… ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/9 "2004-07-01T16:08:56Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > I thought you guys were talking about a SPAM link on the SDMB, not GMAIL. Never mind… Yeah, I guess that might have been a little confusing. I have good news, though! I subscribed to this thread as a test, and the notification went to my Inbox. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2004, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/10 "2004-07-01T23:36:42Z")
Yeah, I should do that as a test as well. So I did, and here’s the post that should end up at my gmail account. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/11 "2004-07-02T17:29:14Z")
I didn’t get an email, not even in my SPAM folder. I suspect it’s because the only post made after subscribing was the one I made. Could somebody else make a post so I see where it goes? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/12 "2004-07-02T17:36:02Z")
No problem. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2004, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/13 "2004-07-02T17:59:44Z")
Thanks **rowrrbazzle** , it worked (although it went to the SPAM folder). ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/14 "2004-07-07T02:35:08Z")
As was pointed out by **Geobabe** in post #7 of this thread . . . if you mark the message “Not Spam,” further messages from the SDMB should go to your Inbox rather than the Spam folder. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/15 "2004-07-07T18:34:20Z")
> [@Cajun Man](#): > > As was pointed out by **Geobabe** in post #7 of this thread . . . if you mark the message “Not Spam,” further messages from the SDMB should go to your Inbox rather than the Spam folder. Well, that was just her “hope”. I’ve yet to see it specifically written that that action places the sender on a whitelist. One would hope that’s the way it works, though. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/16 "2004-07-07T18:46:28Z")
Ahem: > [@Geobabe](#): > > I have good news, though! I subscribed to this thread as a test, and the notification went to my Inbox. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/17 "2004-07-07T19:02:41Z")
Yes, I saw that. But we don’t know for sure that was a result of marking the first message, it could have been from an adjustment to the global spam filter unrelated to the marking. It probably was a result of the marking, and there likely is a whitelist associated with your account that now has the SDMB, but one can’t know for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-check-if-my-email-has-been-confirmed-gmail/252729/18 "2004-07-07T19:15:41Z")
Seeing as how the change on my account hapened in a matter of a couple hours, and others have had their notifications go to their Spam folders since then, I’m inclined to think that it’s a whitelist.