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Google Resolves Gmail Name Dispute In UK

Posted by Soulskill on from the what's-in-a-name dept.

united_notions writes "Slashdot has previously reported the legal challenges over the Gmail brand in Europe. Now, the BBC reports that UK users can finally register @gmail.com addresses — and existing @googlemail.com users can switch to @gmail.com too. Google has put up a page describing the change."

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  1. Re:Other business... by mehrotra.akash · · Score: 3, Informative

    almost all of that can be accomplished using advanced search

  2. Re:Oh great! by Dupple · · Score: 2, Informative

    I think it depends when you registered for gmail. I've always had a gmail address. If they stood before the change was made, then they were still valid I think, either that or they were converted on the fly, and the reverse was probably true. I'm UK too

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  3. Re:Other business... by Randle_Revar · · Score: 2, Informative

    1) looks fine to me

    2) just add restrictions to your search

    after:2010/03/01
    before:2010/03/01

    from:Alice

    label:work

    has:attachment

    etc.

    http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=7190

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  4. Re:Dodgy maths... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Think signing into facebook or myspace.

  5. Re:Dodgy maths... by zennyboy · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I think it was humour

  6. Re:Dodgy maths... by Solandri · · Score: 4, Informative

    It was said in jest, and the humor was apparently lost on the BBC. The full quote is: "we estimate this name change will save something like 60 million keystrokes a day. At approximately 217 microjoules per keystroke, that's about the energy of 20 bonbons saved every day!"

    P.S. I like the idea of measuring energy use in bonbons.

  7. Re:"this name change will save approximately 60 mi by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2

    mods: it is an abuse of moderation to overrate an unmoderated post. If you disagree, debate it.

  8. Causes problems with Android by thetartanavenger · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I made the change this morning, and I've just had to switch back due to issues I've had with my android phone. Switching to gmail.com causes numerous logins to fail because they attempt to do so using the googlemail.com login and are instead rejected. Changing the username on my phone involves resetting many of the default options and having to restore a load of data on it manually, so the best option was switching back to googlemail.com.

    This isn't a problem for me, but just a heads up for those using android. Receiving mail using the gmail.com extension still works with the googlemail.com setting, I'm just unsure if you can send from a gmail.com login if you haven't made the switch.

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    1. Re:Causes problems with Android by Duncan+Booth · · Score: 3, Informative

      To change the user on an Android phone you need to go into application settings and delete the stored data for "Google Mail", "Google Mail Settings" and "Google Apps", Then reboot and the phone should prompt for your login details. No need to restore anything. At least that worked for me.

  9. Re:Dodgy maths... by jo_ham · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I prefer using Horses per Submarine as my units.

    Anything else is just pandering to the SI crowd!