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I've had this issue with one email account that I use solely for a very busy email group. Occasionally there is no way at all to log in, as I have no tied phone numbers/email accounts. I think one question was, when did you create this account? Which of course, I have no idea.

Anyway that has put me totally off using gmail. I rarely have a phone too, so using a phone number for secondary authentication is a PITA.

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That's exactly why I don't use Gmail anymore. Tutanota lets you in without a phone number: https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/anonymous-email

And there are more, no point in sticking with the big G.