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Default [Fixed] gmail

when trying to setup a gmail account i type in the bit before the @gmail.com and it comes up saying letters from a-z and numbers 0-9 are only acceptable so what is going on

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Hello and welcome to PC Help Forum.

It means you cannot put in symbols it has to be like this carrygrant33@

No - !"£$%^&*() etc in the name.

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Hello and welcome to PC Help Forum.

It means you cannot put in symbols it has to be like this carrygrant33@

No - !"£$%^&*() etc in the name.
i didnt put symbols in i typed it just like you suggested

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Just to check you are only entering your desired name before the @gmail.com ?

You do not need to add the @gmail.com to the field.

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Just to check you are only entering your desired name before the @gmail.com ?

You do not need to add the @gmail.com to the field.
thats great it now works,much appreciated

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Nice one Upgrader
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Originally Posted by murphyslaw View Post
thats great it now works,much appreciated
Yep Before you would have ended up (if it let you) with an email address like this:

myusername@gmail.com@gmail.com It was counting the "@" as the special character. Glad your sorted - Enjoy gmail

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