Sign Up as @Gmail.com Instead Of @GoogleMail.com As Email Address and Login
Due to a trademark dispute on rights to the Gmail name in UK and Germany, Gmail, a few webmail service by Google is called Google Mail in these two countries. So when user in United Kingdom and Germany wants to register and sign up for Gmail service, instead of the usual Gmail.com, he or she will be getting a mail address with GoogleMail.com domain, which will be used as default e-email address and when login or sign in to Gmail.
A Gmail (Google Mail) email address is also served as login name for Google Account. And both gmail domains is interchangeable, where any email sent to both username@gmail.com or username@googlemail.com will get delivered to same account’s inbox. So although signed up as @GoogleMail.com account, the mailbox can also receive any mail sent to @Gmail.com with same alias.
Nonetheless, for users in UK and Germany that wants to have something ending in @Gmail.com instead of @GoogleMail.com as their official email address, as default log in name, as sender address and bypass the need to set a reply-to address with Gmail domain, there are tricks to register for a real Gmail account.
The first and easiest method is to ask somebody outside of UK and Germany to sign up and register a Google Account and Gmail to get a @gmail.com address. Or do it personally when you’re traveling abroad.
If it’s not possible to perform the registration process outside of UK and Germany, use a VPN tunnel that direct through non-UK and non-Germany servers or IP addresses. For example, Hotspot Shield. After installing and running the VPN, go to www.gmail.com to sign up for new account. Google server will be tricked into thinking that you are from USA or another location where the VPN server is based, and will automatically offer login name option as @gmail.com. User a proxy server (not web proxy though) may serve the same purpose too.
The third workaround, and also the most reliable way to register a @gmail.com account from within UK and Germany, is to change the very last digit number on the sign up URL (or link location) from 1 to 2. I.e. make the URL looks like https://www.google.com/………&type=2&gd=2. Or simply click on this Google sign up link to register a @gmail.com email account.
If you’re outside of UK and Germany, and see this hack to get @googlemail.com.
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June 30th, 2009 02:33
yo watz up i ve nuffin to say
June 26th, 2009 16:36
sign in
May 10th, 2009 00:51
I want to make the new mail
May 8th, 2009 03:00
I LOVE GOOGLE
April 20th, 2009 23:49
wat up my name is aaron
April 16th, 2009 21:39
changing the 1 to a 2 didn’t work.
it still pops up with googlemail ending.
guess i’m going to have to wait until i leave the UK, on vaccation.
unless, someone else can send me a gmail invite, please?
thank you
March 5th, 2009 03:48
i like gmail because it is the fastest mail i ever have
February 13th, 2009 21:54
Please change the above googlemail.com to gmail.com.
November 22nd, 2008 08:48
I have an account in US with xyzabc@gmail.com and I have been receiving emails for another person in UK whose account is xyzabc@googlemail.com After reading the headlines, I figured out why I am getting emails for someone else.
I am one of the beta testers and registered for Google mail within few days of Google mail beta launch. I can not believe Google allowed this to happen. Anyone else has this type of experience?
PS: xyzabc@gmail.com is an example only NOT a real emailid
November 16th, 2008 10:01
SO THAT I CAN TALK TO MY FRIENDS
November 3rd, 2008 20:48
i’ve also noticed that if you get a friend to invite you to gmail (who has an @gmail.com account) then the email you get given is gmail.com also. i reside in the uk and i just sent an invite to myself to open a new gmail account and my new one is @gmail.com. i don’t know if it’s anything to do with me having had my own account since gmail began? anyway. just felt like throwing that out there. cheers.
October 9th, 2008 14:07
i like gmail
September 23rd, 2008 23:01
I whant to be in gmail because it is the best web sight iv ever seen.
July 7th, 2008 23:23
DESEO ME ENVIEN INFORMACION DE GOOGLE DESKTOP PARA INSTALAR EN MI PORTATIL, NO SE PORQUE NO ME DEJA BAJARLOS DE INTERNET ME PIDE PERMISOS DE REGISTROS Y CLAVES PARA PODER INSTALARLOS.
REYNALDO VERA
July 7th, 2008 08:04
a little while ago i tried making account on gmail it was googlemail but now i can see its gmail by default =/
July 7th, 2008 04:47
Everyone can use @gmail.com AND googlemail.com…Germans too…
July 7th, 2008 02:28
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