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Grhm · 4 Aug 2017, 07:05 AM

Hi.
I've had a paid-for account alongside a guest account for some time, with mails sent to the guest account being re-directed to the paid account.
Since all guest accounts have now been closed, I just tried to create a new alias in my paid account in the name of the now-defunct guest account.
But it refused to do it, saying "Sorry, {guest account name} has already been taken."
<Oh no!>, I thought, <somebody else has pinched it!>.
But to be sure, I sent a test mail to the old guest account's address.
The mail was re-directed to my paid account using the rule that I set up in my guest account.
How can this be, if the guest account no longer exists?
And what do I have to do to convert the ghost of my guest account into an alias of my paid account?
Thanks,
Graham.

4 Aug 2017, 07:05 AM	#1
Grhm Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: UK Posts: 270	Ghost of defunct guest account? Hi. I've had a paid-for account alongside a guest account for some time, with mails sent to the guest account being re-directed to the paid account. Since all guest accounts have now been closed, I just tried to create a new alias in my paid account in the name of the now-defunct guest account. But it refused to do it, saying "Sorry, {guest account name} has already been taken." <Oh no!>, I thought, <somebody else has pinched it!>. But to be sure, I sent a test mail to the old guest account's address. The mail was re-directed to my paid account using the rule that I set up in my guest account. How can this be, if the guest account no longer exists? And what do I have to do to convert the ghost of my guest account into an alias of my paid account? Thanks, Graham.