How to set up a Gmail a/c and not Googlemail

sra

Stubert wrote: »

I thought the reason they couldn't use it in the UK was becuase of a German company who own 'Gmail' in Europe.... So I would have thought they wouldn't be able to use it in Spain either.

I don't think it was one company with a Europe-wide claim.
Rather separate companies in the UK and Germany who had already used the name

Stubert

sra wrote: »

I don't think it was one company with a Europe-wide claim.
Rather separate companies in the UK and Germany who had already used the name

You're right. I knew I was partly right about the German company.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4354954.stm

BritBrat

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Mine is @gmail.com but I did sign up shortly after they started when it was all invites only.

But remember to use the full @googlemail, when you need to configure your email client or log into your account.
At least I have to.

I have not done that and mine works fine.

Looks like I got a few rares for us in UK.

Red_Rose_Exile

I got one quite early too through invite, and the capacity of my account now stands at 3 x greater than my first hard drive at 6Gb!

superscaper

Yep I think most of mine are pre-lawsuit and so were actually registered as gmail. Some at beta stage and some shortly after.

BritBrat

You are currently using 9 MB (0%) of your 6428 MB.

And I have 100 invites

If I invited someone would they get a gmail.com address?

Stubert

BritBrat wrote: »

And I have 100 invites

If I invited someone would they get a gmail.com address?

Not if they were located in the UK. Read the link Red Rose linked too.

Invites are useless now as you can sign up without one.

BritBrat

Whoooooooooo, I just made one

Invited my OH gmail account (laughs) selected I was from USA and it worked.

So to the OP, give me some ideas on names and I will make you one.

It was hard to find a name not gone so a few ideas and flexibilty would be required.

Or just try it yourself saying you are from USA.

Available wrote:

mister.mrmister
mrmister.mister33631724
mmister6858
mistermrmister9
mister523
mistermr75
mmistermr635
mistermr35999
mistermr.mrmister1
mistermr.m6
mistermrmister72
responsible.full9286087
mister.or.m
certainwise237768
mrmister.mister3
mister693
mister.mister75
mistermister4
sticky.secret223537
mister.or.mister5

reehsetin

BritBrat wrote: »

And I have 100 invites

If I invited someone would they get a gmail.com address?

yup i just made another account for myself, invited myself to make it and both are gmail.com addresses! so think invite wise it must be fine, i wouldnt have put USA in

BritBrat

I love it when I find a flaw in a plan.

New names get 100 invites anyway, so once you got one you can make as many as you like.