"Is this your current email address? [e-mail] Yes No, Update" popup

[tandyuk]

This is getting highly annoying for me, I think every 3 months or so, steam pops up with this question.
Now It wouldnt be so bad if it was just click Yes, done.
But no, it wants to send an email confirmation to you to confirm that its still a working email address with a link/code you need to enter to confirm its really still your email address.

You can also choose No, or click the X to just ignore the popup, but doing any of these will make it re-appear the next time you load steam.

After 20 somethign years of having my own domain, and the same email address, Yes its still mine, and is not going anywhere.
Please consider adding a "Yes, and don't ask me again" option to this irritating dialog, or perhaps tie it somehow to the 'years of service' badge, as Im pretty sure after 5 years that person a) has stable access to their email, b) has recovery options set, c) has 2FA setup.

[Tito Shivan]

引用自 tandyuk：

After 20 somethign years of having my own domain, and the same email address, Yes its still mine, and is not going anywhere.

Lots of people thought the same years ago when they used email accounts for their Steam username. Most of them no longer existing or being valid.

Same for all the people who got locked out of their accounts because their email accounts they never bothered to update were no longer there or were accessible anymore to receive the steamguard codes.

引用自 tandyuk：

as Im pretty sure after 5 years that person a) has stable access to their email, b) has recovery options set, c) has 2FA setup.

You'd be surprised how very wrong you are on that regard...

[tandyuk]

Oh I'm sure idiots still exist, but I'm not one of them.
Please steam, Stop bugging me with questions aimed at ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
Its really beginning to annoy me every time I open steam.

IMHO this process should be:

"Is this still your current email address? ....."
Yes > Close, and go away for minimum 3 months. No stupid double opt-in style confirmation required. I said YES, so believe me.
No, Update > Go through the update email process.

If "Yes" retains the current behaviour, then the missing option is
Yes, and don't ask again >> Close, and quite literally NEVER ask again. (Perhaps for the lifetime of that Steam installation)
Perhaps also limit this to people with 2FA, and require a steam guard code to triple confirm the fact I never want to be asked again.
If I change email address, there is an easy way in the profile to do this without needing a popup to prompt me to do so.

[Washell]

It asks me about once every 6 months, if that. Start taking a note of the dates it asks, maybe your memory is playing tricks on you.

It's not going away, nor will they allow you to choose to disable it. It's the idiots who'll do bulk of the disabling, thinking they'll remember to manually change their e-mail when necessary, and then don't.

[Quint the Alligator Snapper]

I'm trying to figure out why I don't get these pop-ups.

[cSg|mc-Hotsauce]

i get them both, email and phone about 1 or 2x a year in total.

im not sure why the op is getting so man.

[Darren]

Usually the reason why you get it too often is your email is bouncing Steam emails. Fix that and you will be the once or twice a year of everyone else.

[Tito Shivan]

引用自 tandyuk：

Oh I'm sure idiots still exist, but I'm not one of them.

So thinks every idiot ever.

Maybe you (like me) as an individual are not an idiot, but systems are made for people, not individuals. And people are majorly dumb, lazy and unreliable. That's why the system works the way it does.

[Talenvar]

I personally would request the OPTION to be there to disable it from ever prompting me again. I've had the same email address for the last 25+ years and I'll have it till the email servers close or I'm 6' under, whichever comes first.

[JPMcMillen]

引用自 Talenvar：

I personally would request the OPTION to be there to disable it from ever prompting me again. I've had the same email address for the last 25+ years and I'll have it till the email servers close or I'm 6' under, whichever comes first.

Except the idiots would also turn it off, then get locked out when their email changes for whatever reason, causing support more avoidable issues to deal with. As stated above:

引用自 Tito Shivan：

Maybe you (like me) as an individual are not an idiot, but systems are made for people, not individuals. And people are majorly dumb, lazy and unreliable. That's why the system works the way it does.