On Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:49:09 -0700, Brandon Long via mailop
<mailop@mailop.org> wrote:
>Gmail also restricted all usernames that it's employees used and all
>popular names. More because they figured it would lead to confusion, I
>know the guy who had dave@yahoo and even a decade ago it was nearly useless
>with people typing it into random websites thinking it was theirs or people
>emailing it mistakenly for other folks etc. Maybe that's specific to the
>largest providers.
Back in the Late Cretaceous I obtained a Y! address consisting of my initials.
22 years later, mirth continues to ensue.
The last time I checked, they would disallow user account names with fewer
than four characters, but folks still seem to assume that nobody would choose
those three letters, and they can use it now and register it later.
Especially when creating new businesses or social network accounts.
mdr
--
"There are no laws here, only agreements."
-- Masahiko
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