Big Dan
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Official Gmail Blog: Tip: Recover your password via text message
Even the best of us forget our passwords from time to time. In fact, recovering passwords is one of the top reasons people visit the Gmail Help Center. To help with these situations, we recently added the ability to recover your password via text message.
To turn this on for your account, just sign in, select 'Change Password Recovery Options,' enter your cell phone number and click 'Save.'
Official Gmail Blog: Tip: Recover your password via text message