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    gmail & googlemail

    How can I register an email address for myself with google & get a @gmail.com address rather than @googlemail.com

    Cheers

    #2
    Starting October 19, 2005, the Gmail service will be renamed Google Mail in the UK. We will no longer issue new @gmail.com addresses.

    Apparently they had a fight with another company over the Gmail name in the UK.

    So I guess the the answer is "you can't" unless you live outside the UK...
    "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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      #3
      You can't and it doesn't matter.

      The domains gmail and googlemail both route to the same destination anyway.

      So you can either mail to yourname@googlemail.com or yourname@gmail.com and it will arrive in the same inbox.

      Signup and see for yourself.

      HTH
      Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.

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        #4
        but doing this I believe you can only send from googlemail & not gmail.

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          #5
          1) Go somewhere foreign and sign up
          2) Get someone in another country to sign you up
          3) Do it through a proxy server in another country

          HTH

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            #6
            Originally posted by DaveP View Post
            but doing this I believe you can only send from googlemail & not gmail.
            Ah yes, I'm sure that will be the case. Your "send as" address will be fixed to googlemail. Is a gmail domain really that prestigious to you though?

            Why not get your own domain for the few quid a year it costs.
            Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.

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              #7
              I've just opened a new gmail account this morning when registering at http://pages.google.com, but then I live in Ireland so they'll show my ip address as being outside of the UK.

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                #8
                Originally posted by miffy View Post
                Ah yes, I'm sure that will be the case. Your "send as" address will be fixed to googlemail. Is a gmail domain really that prestigious to you though?
                No it won't.

                When you set up your mail client, if you set the username to xxx@gmail.com mail will be sent from that address.

                You can also set up your gmail to use a personal domain if you're so inclined.
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