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murphyslaw · #1 03-06-2008

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

Jelly Bean · #2 03-06-2008

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.

murphyslaw · #3 03-06-2008

Originally Posted by jelly bean

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

upgrader · #4 03-06-2008

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.

murphyslaw · #5 03-06-2008

Originally Posted by upgrader

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

Cowburn199 · #6 03-07-2008

Nice one Upgrader

Marked as Fixed

upgrader · #7 03-07-2008

Originally Posted by murphyslaw

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