Onet SMS Verification

Opening a mailbox on Poland's biggest news portal? Pass the Onet SMS verification step with a virtual number and get a Polish address without sharing your line.

Onet.pl, founded in 1996 and majority-owned by Ringier Axel Springer since 2012, is the largest Polish-language web portal; according to the Reuters Institute's Digital News Report, it reaches about 42% of the country's internet users every week. Besides news it offers the Onet Poczta e-mail service, where a phone number can be used to limit fake sign-ups and to recover accounts.

People living in Poland, job hunting there or wanting a local e-mail address to sign up for Polish services can receive the SMS code with a virtual number when opening an Onet account. It also suits anyone who wants to keep a personal number off advertising and newsletter lists. Sign-up steps can change over time; if one number is rejected, try another.

An e-mail account is the password-reset key for your other accounts, so if you will use Onet Poczta for anything important, do not leave it tied to a short-lived number. Turn on the free two-step verification Onet offers and check active sessions regularly on the security page. Close sessions you do not recognise and do not reuse your password on other sites.