No more @gmail in Germany

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Derek

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Jul 4, 2005, 10:59:11 PM7/4/05
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http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-07-04.html#n73

Can you believe this? German Google mail users no longer get the @gmail. They have no other option other then @googlemail.com. The source isn't very informative so maybe we can find some German users to confirm the new finding. I hope this isn't something widespread that Google plans on implementing. No one wants a long address.

Scott Villarosa

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Jul 4, 2005, 11:15:28 PM7/4/05
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it's only for peeps in Germany. current German account holders stay the same apparently (e.g. @gmail.com).

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Derek

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Jul 4, 2005, 11:29:05 PM7/4/05
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Yeah lucky early subscribers.

Have you found any other information about the change? Does it have something to do with the internet providers in Germany. G(ermany)mail or something?

Fuzzy Logic

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Jul 4, 2005, 11:46:23 PM7/4/05
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It was discussed some time back. There was a German individual who had
registered "G-Mail" for offline chats well before Google had a mail
program and such and is now enforcing his trademark.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/59433

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Scott Villarosa

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Jul 5, 2005, 1:22:28 AM7/5/05
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it is something to do with google stuffing up their naming rights or whatever in Germany. I think some other company uses the name 'Gmail' already, for example.

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Caleb

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Jul 5, 2005, 1:39:41 AM7/5/05
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http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-05-06-html#n87
http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2005-05-10-html#n33

that explains it mostly
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Ashish Poddar

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Jul 5, 2005, 5:29:25 PM7/5/05
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isnt this kind of a bit old news.. and already discussed in here..

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Derek

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Jul 5, 2005, 6:41:56 PM7/5/05
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Yeh it was old. I admit it. But last time it was discussed the change hadn't been made.

Scott Villarosa

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Jul 5, 2005, 9:07:00 PM7/5/05
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There's nothing wrong IMO with bringing this issue up again. It is a bit dusty in here anyway. ;)

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Derek

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Jul 5, 2005, 9:25:20 PM7/5/05
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Yeh.. and if you have a problem with me talking about old stuff, come on over to my part of town..! I'll show you who's boss. :)

Ashish Poddar

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Jul 6, 2005, 5:21:53 PM7/6/05
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I dont have problem discussing old stuff.. and i missed what change had been made in this issue...

and anyways that link will serve as an additional reference as it IS related to the topic... so i dont see any problem with that...

as far as u being the boss in your part of town... i am fine with that.. ;)

Ashish.
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