假如Gmail用户去世了 他的家人怎样才能访问他的Gmail？

据Gseeker消息：在国内的不少论坛里，都流行着类似这样的问题：如果N年后某人死了，他的QQ该怎么办？这的确是个问题，并且通常会招来很多有趣的回答。类似地，如果Gmail用户不幸去世了，那么他的家人要怎样才能访问他的Gmail呢？当然，这是在家人不知道他的密码的情况下，并且指的是通过完全合法的途径。到底这个问题的答案是什么？

　　Google的Gmail团队给出的官方答案是：

所需材料：

1.向Google提供申请者的全名及联系信息，包含一个可核实的电子邮箱地址；
2.已故Gmail用户的Gmail邮箱地址；
3.向Google提供步骤1中的邮箱所收到的Google验证邮件的全部内容，以及邮件的header内容。进入验证邮件，点击'More options'-->'Show original.' 然后'Delivered- To:'至'References:'之间的所有内容即为header内容。
4.向Google提供已故Gmail用户的死亡证明；
5.向Google提供提供授权书，证明自己授权获取Gmail帐号；
6.如果申请者是已故Gmail用户的双亲之一且已故Gmail用户未满18岁，即需要向Google提供已故Gmail用户的出生证明。在这种情况下，可免去步骤5中的授权书。

实现方法：

将上述材料以传真或邮寄方式发送至：

Google Inc.
Attention: Gmail User Support
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043

650-644-0358

所需时间：

Google大概需要30天左右的时间来验证所有信息。
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When a person passes away, sensitive information might reside on a Gmail account. How can a family get access to this information if necessary? This question is raised in a Google Groups thread.
According to Gmail Guide, the following steps need to be provided to Google in order to obtain access to the Gmail account:
1. Your full name and contact information, including a verifiable email address. 2. The Gmail address of the individual who passed away. 3a. The full header from an email message that you have received at your verifiable email address, from the Gmail account in question. (To obtain the header from a message in Gmail, open the message, click 'More options,' then click 'Show original.' Copy everything from 'Delivered- To:' through the 'References:' line. To obtain headers from other webmail or email providers, please refer to http://www.spamcop.com/help_with_headers/) 3b. The entire contents of the message. 4. A copy of the death certificate of the deceased. 5. A copy of the document that gives you Power of Attorney over the Gmail account. 6. If you are the parent of the individual, please send us a copy of the Birth Certificate if the Gmail account owner was under the age of 18. In this case, Power of Attorney is not required.
Gmail Guide requests that you send this information via Fax or Postal Mail:
Google Inc.Attention: Gmail User Support1600 Amphitheatre ParkwayMountain View, CA 94043
650-644-0358
It takes approximately 30 days for the information to be processed, but if the access is needed sooner, "it is Google's policy to only provide information pursuant to a valid third party court order or other appropriate legal process."
Discussion continues at Google Groups.