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TechLaden

PSA: Convert your @googlemail.com account to @gmail.com

Mostly affects UK, Germany, Russia and Poland users. https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/may/04/digital-media-google

So I've recently had issues with logging into games and apps on my phone and today I finally fixed it!

There is an issue with a login API that doesn't support the @googlemail emails anymore, causing failed logins. This affects any app that requires or utilises your Google account login. @googlemail accounts are older alternative gmail accounts (>5 years?) used in countries where the @gmail name was trademarked. @googlemail and @gmail can be used interchangeably for emails, however it may cause login issues for Android apps.

Steps to fix

When I did this, I had to relogin on my phone and it started working again!

Edit: Added some more details.

Posted Nov 24, 2019, 7:47 PM UTC · edited

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p-rking•

Googlemail was used in countries where the name Gmail was already used by another company/service. I've always understood that [email protected] was the same account as [email protected].

I think the switch you're talking about just changes whether googlemail or Gmail appears in the sender field.

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Ciryaquen•

Googlemail was used in countries where the name Gmail was already used by another company/service.

That makes sense. I was a little confused by OPs assertion that older gmail accounts were googlemail accounts. I've had my gmail account for 15 years and it was never listed as googlemail.

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p-rking•

Me too.

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PastorOfMuppetsAUSiPhone 11 Pro | Galaxy S8 (Exynos)•

It is. Regardless of whether your account displays as @gmail.com or @googlemail.com, you receive any emails that are sent to either address.

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Sfkn123•

This is correct.

You can also send emails with "." in the email address. For example, [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] would all go to the same inbox.

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[deleted]•

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JarasMOnePlus 3T•

Funnily enough, other websites rarely recognize that, so you can use the same email with a dot in different places to make separate accounts.

Unfortunately, other websites rarely recognize that. Some idiot opened a PayPal account with my email, with which I already have a PayPal account, by including a dot in it.

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dpash•

In particular, the UK had this issue. It wasn't until 2010 that Google could use @gmail.com in the UK.

https://www.theguardian.com/media/pda/2010/may/04/digital-media-google

And, yes, you can use @gmail.com and @googlemail.com interchangeably everywhere on Google services. Many third parties don't recognise @googlemail.com as @gmail though.

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GregorF92Pixel 4 XL, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e, ShieldTV, Fossil Carlyle HR•

Many third parties don't recognise @googlemail.com as @gmail though

Which is a blessing in disguise, as it means you can get twice as many free trials that rely on a unique email address.

I used it for Amazon Prime to get free trials, as well as adding things like "[email protected]" before the @.

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riuttahaiOnePlus 6 8GB•

Yup, im on "[email protected]"

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paulisaac•

Wait, I can have an email like [email protected] and use [email protected] and it will still go to the first mail?

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TechLadenOPOne Plus 3 > OP7P•

Yep, anything with your email and +something goes to your main email. Great for checking which service sold your data, e.g. [email protected]

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GregorF92Pixel 4 XL, Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e, ShieldTV, Fossil Carlyle HR•

Correct, you can also interchange Gmail and googlemail and it'll be delivered too.

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sim642•

It wasn't until 2010 that Google could use @gmail.com in the UK.

That's not how domains work though. UK doesn't have different .com domains than the rest of the world.

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dpash•

Did you bother reading the link? Google could not offer @gmail.com email addresses to UK-based users until 2010 due to trademark reasons.

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sim642•

It still makes no sense, .com is US-based which has nothing to do with UK trademarks. In fact, people in the UK could send emails to .com addresses just fine because UK could do nothing against an internationally registered domain. This is a perfect example of technologically illiterate people not understanding how the internet works.

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Slusny_CizinecPixel 3a 🇨🇿•

That's not how domains work though. UK doesn't have different .com domains than the rest of the world.

While this is not what happened with gmail, but it is possible: google://bind views

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sim642•

google://bind views

What?

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chino17•

TIL googlemail.com is a thing

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Jgroovy14•

Do y'all remember Hotmail?

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yash1229Nexus 6P, 64 GB•

Still using it, haha.

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chino17•

I remember using Eudora as my mail client

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DreamerlaxLG G7/Galaxy S8+/Tab S2•

I use Hotmail lol.

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Jgroovy14•

I honestly thought they shut it down lol

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DreamerlaxLG G7/Galaxy S8+/Tab S2•

What? No, they just rebranded it to Windows Live and eventually Outlook.

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unal991SONY-XZ2•

I still use Hotmail. But do you remember msn.com??

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KhaiyanNexus 5•

I still use msn.com 😂 It's my spam account now

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[deleted]•

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VNVRTLNokia 6.1•

Had one before but switched to outlook fer years back. It just felt like I work in some kind of erotic showroom or whatever.

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Sjknight413•

By default every googlemail account is a Gmail account too, you get both addresses with one sign up

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forger7Blue Huawei Mate 10 Pro BLA-L29 midnight blue Stock •

You can also just login with username (as in [email protected]) No need for the domain

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einklich•

I have a googlemail-address und there is no need to change this. There are more problems with gmail-addresses (e.g. MiBand). You can always use both.

If i receive a mail for my gmail-address it is 99% spam. Because of this I will never change it completely.

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nus321Galaxy S7 Exynos, Oreo•

Might be good to post in r/google

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meisterschwift•

How old is your account

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Jinsmag•

yup to connect things to Fit API recently it needs to be @gmail and not @googlemail. Since they got rid of G+ all the connections to @googlemail got fucked.

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dpash•

Beware third party sites that you have logged into using you Google account, because if they use your email address as the key, you will not be recognized.

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murfiOnePlus 6•

@gmail and @googlemail.com has always been interchangeable?

i believe ever since i have my account it never mattered if i used @gmail or @googlemail

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azellnir•

Googlemail is older? I have my gmail since 2007 lol.

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Slusny_CizinecPixel 3a 🇨🇿•

You made me check my first gmail:

 19. 1. 2005 21:20
 Your Gmail account, ********@gmail.com, has been created    

Congratulations on creating your brand new Gmail account at
********@gmail.com. Please keep this email for your records.

You can login to your account at http://gmail.google.com/

Enjoy!

The Gmail Team

It appears that I had @gmail from the very beginning

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occasional_commenterGoogle Pixel 2 64GB•

I recall Google trying to change my googlemail to gmail but I just ignored it and it never changed.. probably around that time you mentioned.

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ndop•

It's older in specific countries where they couldn't use gmail initially but not outside those countries. Am British, had googlemail.com before gmail.com address.

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adf13fd•

As most people already said, you get both aliases to use. You can use whatever you want to use to send the e-mail as. I don't know why logging into games had an issue with this though? Sounds odd unless they're specifically checking for gmail if the e-mail is googleemail (I doubt OAuth 2.0 would have issues).

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