Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account

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From	Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com>
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Subject	Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account
Date	Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:11:51 +0100
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Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> writes:

> On Tue 08/09/2026 15:38, Graham J wrote:
>> Woody wrote:
>>> My wife is trying to open a gmail account but keeps getting refused.
>>> She should have an account firstname.surname@gmail.com but Gmail is
>>> unable to find such, so she tried to open a new account. Filled in
>>> the necessary and when it came to email address she was offered two
>>> (unsuitable) addresses and the option of choosing her own. She
>>> entered firstname.surname@gmail.com and was immediately told that
>>> this username is already in use.  How can one end of gmail be unable
>>> to find an address and at the same time refuse to create the
>>> identical address as it was already in use?  >> Moral: don't use
>>> gmail.  >> But seriously, if you try to send a message to her >>
>>> <firstname.surname@gmail.com> address does it bounce?  If so, we >>
>>> would be more convinced that the address does not exist.
>> 
>
> Just tested as you suggested and it came back immediately as an
> unknown address. We have always used firstname.surname format so that
> is not the issue, and as we have a somewhat unusual surname the
> blocking I would have thought was unlikely. Ah, but of course gmail is
> worldwide so...  Hmmmmm...

Where are you doing this? in an app? in an email client? on
accounts.google.com?

Maybe she put a number on the end then forgot, often people do for
example firstname.lastname3@gmail.com

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SOT: Problems creating gmail account Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-08 15:31 +0100
  Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 15:38 +0100
    Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-09-08 16:53 +0100
    Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-08 19:36 +0100
      Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-08 19:45 +0100
        Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> - 2026-09-08 20:11 +0100
          Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-08 20:49 +0100
          Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-08 20:56 +0100
      Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2026-09-08 21:19 +0100
        Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-08 22:20 +0100
          Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Mark Carver <mark@invalid.com> - 2026-09-19 19:50 +0100
      Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-09-08 22:11 +0100
      Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> - 2026-09-09 08:40 +0100
  Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account David Wade <g4ugm@dave.invalid> - 2026-09-08 18:27 +0100
    Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Abandoned Trolley <that.bloke@microsoft.com> - 2026-09-09 07:56 +0100
      Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-09-09 10:32 +0100

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