It is not... You just need to register your normal email address as google account, with a password (for the google acount, not the real one). No more info is required.
BR/Pablo On Thursday 08 March 2012 06:20:43 jcbollinger wrote: > On Mar 7, 10:22 am, jimbob palmer <jimbobpal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > A colleague of mine has pointed out that to post to Google Groups, he > > must give his mobile phone number to Google to send an SMS or to call > > him so that he can create a Google account. > > > > Are there any alternatives? Thanks. > > I thought providing a phone number was optional, or at worst one of > several alternatives. Perhaps there has been a change, but I am > certain that no telephoning or SMS messaging was involved when I set > up this account. Really, it sounds pretty unlikely that telephony > would be an essential requirement for setting up an account. > > > John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.