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Originally Posted by odedp
I see your point, but:
Let's say you own a gmail account myaddress@gmail.com.
And let's say one day you decide to close your account.
Are you sure gmail will never let anyone take the username myaddress?
I doubt it...
Besides, if you plan to close your gmail (or pobox) account, before you do it you tell all your addressees that you have a new email address which is......
So where's the problem? |
Hi,
yes, I am sure that Google does have a strong policy regarding used usernames, they don't allow them to be reused, if you disable your Gmail account, no one will ever be able to reuse it again, that's their current policy
For me this is very important, a provider that protects the usernames shows that they are very professionals and that they know what they are doing, a reused username can have a huge negative impact on a old customer
my problem is, if I start using a pobox.com username for some years, and if I decide to discontinue the email address, for me it will be very hard to update that email address, in email accounts that I have discontinue some years ago, sometimes I still receive emails that I am interested, but this is just my personal view about this topic.