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On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:24:59 +0000
Rob Beard <rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hello Rob,
> IIRC it was related to the fact that some GMail accounts use gmail.com
> whereas others use something like googlemail.com or something. I
> think it was to do with the fact that when you send an e-mail on some
> accounts it comes from someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx whereas it will receive
> on someone@xxxxxxxxxx
Google, in Europe, can't use the gmail addy any more. They have to use
googlemail as the domain. Pre-existing gmail accounts will suffer this
translation problem for many years, I suspect.
Why can't Google use GMail? See;
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2007/01/8741.ars
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