Got locked out of my gmail account for no reason

Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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I went to check my email and this showed up.

I'm collaborating on a project with some people tonight via email. Its our final project due tomorrow night. I have no other way to contact them (no phone numbers, I don't remember their email). Fuck you Google.

Wtf is this?

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Leros

Lifer
Jul 11, 2004
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I signed up for a yahoo account to email my professor, but his university account bounced my email since its not in the student database. :(
 

rockyct

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Jun 23, 2001
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Wow, that would be pretty scary. Our gmail account is getting so embedded in how we function online that it would be horrible if it were deleted.
 

Zee

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Nov 27, 1999
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I believe that's what might cause it when things go wrong, especially a blackberry. not sure about other phones
 

lokiju

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Not as bad as my first gmail account at least.

Back in 2003 or 2004 when gmail was impossible to get a invite to, I was watching that old show "the screen savers" on tech TV and Kevin Rose said something on air that basically amounted to if you know the answer to something email me at this address and I'll give you a gmail invite in return. So I happen to be on my computer at that time and happened to know the answer so I emailed it and actually "won" the invite.

I made the account, used it for a whole 2 days and then went to log in on the 3rd day and it told me my account or password was invalid.

I did the reset password box since I was positive I was using the right password and it told me that the account didn't exist.

WTF

So I sent a email back to Kevin Rose and he said something like "that sucks, here's another invite" so I tried creating a new account with the same exact user name since it was telling me it didn't exist, and it said "sorry, account name is already in use" WTF!!

I emailed Gmail for help, they told me the account didn't exist even though I forwarded them emails I had sent to my other email account proving it did and asked if it didn't exist then why couldn't I sign up for that user name without it telling me it was already in use?

Nothing.

That crap pissed me off.

But in hindsight, it was a good thing since I then went and took the opportunity to get my actual name for my email since it was so new still (and was able to get it) and this has been a much better thing to have when it comes to emailing resumes and things like that.