SOT: Problems creating gmail account

From	Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com>
Newsgroups	uk.telecom.broadband
Subject	SOT: Problems creating gmail account
Date	2026-09-08 15:31 +0100
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<117p68v$8inb$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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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?

Help?

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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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