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Posted by Emma, 29th January 2007:
 
Anyone got a gmail invite I can have?

Also any idea if there are any tricks to get a UK account to register as gmail.com rather than googlemail?

Thanks!
Posted by Emma, 29th January 2007:
 
*waits for millions of internet people to turn up for invites*
Posted by jlittle_DUPE1, 29th January 2007:
 
I need your current email to invite you..
Posted by Emma, 29th January 2007:
 
and if you have a spare could we have one for alfie

Thankyou :)

[emails removed]
Posted by jlittle_DUPE1, 29th January 2007:
 
Sent Em
Posted by Emma, 29th January 2007:
 
Thankyou
Posted by ellipse, 29th January 2007:
 
and if you have problems
i have gmail.com one and can maybe register them both for you
and then hand them over.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, 30th January 2007:
 
alternatively, sometimes you can get @gmail.com by simply registering as being IN the usa and provide a usa zip code.
however, sometimes it looks up your IP address and gives you @googlemail.com instead. no idea what triggers the different behaviour.

you can force a non-UK IP by installing Tor, a privacy & anonymity tool, and pointing your browser at Tor instead of the internet.
tor.eff.org.
basically, keep checking your IP (eg. projectip.com, see "Your Country" in the list) until you get a nonUK one, then sign up for gmail.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, 30th January 2007:
 
actually...
a stray recollection just occurred to me so i tested it.

any.name@googlemail.com can be sent to any.name@gmail.com and it will arrive.
ie, set up a googlemail.com a/c and then just tell people gmail.com
Posted by channel 4, around 31st January 2007:
 
g-mail is crap. i tell you what is good. channel 4.
Posted by obi-wan, around 2nd February 2007:
 
hello people,

i have the same problem as emma with regards the gmail accounts. I want to have an any.name@gmail.com address instead of the googlemail one.

can anyone invite me at obiuba2005@yahoo.co.uk or can anyone in the usa open one for me and send me the details. ellipse if you can pls do.

thanks for your help
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 2nd February 2007:
 
obi-!, read the penultimate post before your own
Posted by obi-wan, around 2nd February 2007:
 
ok, got it
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 3rd February 2007:
 
no wuckers
Posted by Emma, 3rd February 2007:
 
I didn't have that problem obi
Posted by obi-wan, 4th February 2007:
 
emma was it the gmail you wanted or the googlemail
Posted by Alfie_DUPE1, 4th February 2007:
 
tis all the same.
see Salt's comment above ^^^^^
Posted by Miki_DUPE1, 5th February 2007:
 
just out of idle curiosity
is it all the same when you email to someone else?
as in what does it say as the sender ?