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On Tue, 2010-05-04 at 12:52 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > 'British e-mail users with Google accounts are now able to change the > end of their addresses from @googlemail.com to @gmail.com.' > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10096107.stm > > Am I missing something? I'm in the UK and I've had a GMail '@gmail.com' > address for several years. How is this new or news? > > Hmm reading toward the end 'early adopters got gmail.com addresses' so > how weren't we forced to change if it was illegal? Also, even though in the UK when you registered you were told your email address was whatever@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx you could just swap that out for whatever@xxxxxxxxx without any problems. It was just that Google didn't have the right to use "Gmail" in the UK, the gmail address was still yours though, we kinda got two for one :] I was an "early adopter" on a couple, the rest since then I have just done as I said above quiet happily. -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html