On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 4:04 AM, John5 <[email protected]> wrote:
If 3 years ago i had a user name *Joe* Bloggs and the email was > [email protected] > > then that user left, and the account was DELETED (Not suspended). > > Then i make a new user a few years down the line, named* Jane* Bloggs and > the email address was [email protected]. > I think this is off-topic for this forum because Google doesn't ever re-use Gmail accounts. would Jane get Joes emails from external sources? > If someone is still sending emails to Joe (which probably have been bouncing), then yes Jane will start receiving them. They get delivered to the address, and once the address exists again, they will go there. > What's the best practice for retiring user accounts. > Um, what do you mean by that? Surely you know there is no control over who may send messages to a particular email address, and the folks who manage the accounts can't do anything about that. If you want to prevent that from ever happening, then I suppose the "best practice" would be to never recycle old email addresses. Andy -- 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.
