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my email provder has ceased, but i forgot to change it in firefox before it ceased

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My firefox account and synch data is under an account name and with an email address that has been terminated by the provider.

orange.net

I cannot get into my account to change the email, nor can I seem to get to any link to email firefox/mozilla to ask them to do it for me.

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My firefox account and synch data is under an account name and with an email address that has been terminated by the provider. orange.net I cannot get into my account to change the email, nor can I seem to get to any link to email firefox/mozilla to ask them to do it for me. Help!

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To my knowledge, there is no way to forward or retrieve emails from a defunct service provider. It is a good idea to choose a reputable email provider in the future. Google(Gmail.com) and Microsoft(Outlook.com) are both decent choices.

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Go to your user profile for all website and change the e-mail.

However, if you are talking about sync;

Resetting the sync password, or changing its e-mail, will remove all data from the servers.

This is a security feature. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/ive-lost-my-firefox-sync-account-information

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