Hi NicoleDCS, and welcome to the forums!
I'm sorry to hear you're having trouble confirming your email address. Some email service providers interpret the emails from PayPal as being spam, even if the address is whitelisted in the email program itself. Sometimes the messages get stopped at the server level. I've seen it happen on many different providers, even when other accounts held by the same customer on the same email provider don't block the emails. It's honestly one of the weirdest things with no apparent rhyme or reason, and it can lead to lots of frustration.
The upshot of it is that if the confirmation emails don't come through, that means that other important communications from PayPal similarly will be blocked. Because of this, using that email account with PayPal won't work properly.
My suggestion is to get another email account, even one on a free provider, and try using that. You may even have success with forwarding the emails through that account to your main account, though doing so may still cause the messages to be filtered at the server level (but it may not - I've seen it work!)
Once you know you can receive the confirmation emails at an address, you'll also know that other emails from PayPal should come through as well. That way any notifications to let you know when action is needed will reach you.
I hope this helps!
Olivia
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