Gmail uses the name portion of the email address, so that's minus the "@gmail.com" as the username.
Fred On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Pete Theisen <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everybody, > > I am trying to set up gmail in thunderbird. I had it working fine on > another machine that crashed and is not worth fixing. I had the username > and password written down. Gmail, however, would not accept these from > the new machine. > > I went to the gmail site, reset the password (the email address was > correct as I had written it, but the password was ambiguous) and wrote > the password down. Gmail sent the instructions to my verizon email so I > got something right. BUT, the new password was not accepted either. > > So I changed it again, and wrote it down again. Same problem. What is > happening? > > Does gmail use a username different from the email address? Would a > mismatch there cause a problem? If I recall correctly I used "Pete > Theisen" as the user namd but perhaps I have actually forgotten. > -- > Regards, > > Pete > http://pete-theisen.com/ > http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
