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This is a terrible policy. Do other email providers have a similar policy?
by 2sk21 10y ago
This is a terrible policy. Do other email providers have a similar policy?
- mkj 10y agoProbably not that terrible if they only do it for accounts that were created and never used. Like all the good GitHub usernames that seem to be abandoned.
- hobarrera 10y agoGitHub usernames and emails are very different things. You don't get password reminders sent to your github profile, but you can get those via email. BTW, no, most email providers never allow the reuse of close account names.
- kstrauser 10y agoMicrosoft seems to, although I can't find a specific statement from them confirming it: http://windowsitpro.com/blog/recycled-email-addresses-and-outlook-nicknames http://windowsitpro.com/blog/recycled-email-addresses-and-ou...