[Gllug] Gmail Signup

[salsaman]

Ryan Cartwright wrote:

> Lee, Paul wrote:
>
>> Ryan Cartwright wrote:
>>
>>> Liam Delahunty wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 19/12/05, Peter Ball <CFL at marguet-ball.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I want to get a Gmail account but it says:
>>>>>
>>>>> "You can get a Gmail account if you're invited by someone who 
>>>>> already has
>>>>> one."
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BTW, I'd be interested to know if they force you into a googlemail a/c
>>>>  (rather than @gmail) as you are presumably in the UK.
>>>
>>>
>>> I've not invited Peter as three others already have done so but 
>>> recently I invited someone and they forced them into a googlemail 
>>> address rathet than gmail (which is the one I have).
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Ryan
>>
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Hmm. I didn't realise there was a difference? Both @gmail.com and 
>> @googlemail.com work on my gmail account.
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> // www.ma1.se /
>
>
>
> It's to do with a domain name dispute. If you haven't read it, this
> http://mail.google.com/mail/help/intl/en-GB/googlemail.html explains it.
>
> Cheers
> Ryan





I guess everyone knows this, but you can also use gaim with a gmail account.

Username/password is your gmail account name/password.

Set the sever to talk.google.com,
and the protocol to jabber.

Salsaman.

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