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| From | Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | uk.telecom.broadband |
| Subject | Re: SOT: Problems creating gmail account |
| Date | 2026-09-08 19:36 +0100 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <117pkjs$e9ic$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <117p68v$8inb$1@dont-email.me> <117p6lp$8tj3$1@dont-email.me> |
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...
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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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