Hi RogerPodacter Yep, tried with and without dot before, and again now. Same error.
By the way, I would never have created a username with a dot, just a personal preference I have. Never do it unless I'm forced to. Back then Google didn't force me to. But thanks Jon On Tuesday, 10 January 2006 17:22:51 UTC-3, RogerPodacter wrote: > > Wait, did you actually try the "dot" mentioned above? For example, you > may have logged in using [email protected] <javascript:>, but registered > as [email protected] <javascript:>. Its a long shot, but in Google's > world yourname = your.name. > > On 1/9/06, D Knight <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> >> [email protected] <javascript:> wrote: >> > I think I partially set up an account sometime ago, but now can't >> > access it, and Google thinks it doesn't exist, yet I can't set it up as >> > a username, because Google says it exists already! I'm in catch-22 >> > hell. Can anyone help me please? In desperation I created a new account >> > which reverses my firstname lastname. Google doesn't recognise any of >> > my other (hotmail and yahoo) email accounts, nor rosanaioris as a >> > username, yet when I try to choose rosanaioris, it says it already >> > exists. None of my commonly used passwords work. Help! >> >> >> This is mainly speculation... but I don't believe Google immediately >> recycles account usernames. So, if the account previously exists but >> is now closed it doesn't necessary allow it to be used for new >> accounts. They may keep the username reserved for a period of time. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
