Try sending an e-mail to the account. If it bounces, then yes, it has been deleted. I don't know that I've ever heard of someone getting an account that was deleted this way restored. If it doesn't bounce, then it's still there, just try again a few times.
On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Patti H <[email protected]> wrote: > When I got engaged, I set up a new Gmail with my new last name. Now that > I'm married, I want to start using the new email. I still have the new > email in my old Gmail that verifies I'm using the correct username. > However, I lost the password. I went through the process to recover the > password. Instead of asking me for the email (my old Gmail) I used to set > it up, it asked me for other verification like what were five email > addresses I've sent using the new email, I'm sure everything I enter is > correct except for those five emails because I never used the Gmail > account, there are no five email address. I assume this is because, rumor > has it, they've deleted the account for being inactive for 9 months. I'd > like to recover this username as my own as anything else doesn't make > sense. Does anyone know what I can do? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
