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Was the name five characters or less? I don't know what the UI was like at the time you tried. There are Gmail accounts that short, but they have been created b
by puzzle 8y ago
Was the name five characters or less? I don't know what the UI was like at the time you tried. There are Gmail accounts that short, but they have been created by hand, usually for other Google colleagues, by someone on the Gmail team. E.g. paul@gmail.com is, obviously, Paul Buchheit.
- apeace 8y agoNo, it is more than five.
- puzzle 8y agoThen perhaps the likeliest explanation is that the account was created, then deleted. Google accounts do not get recycled. It should be straightforward to verify that theory, although it might take a month for it to enter a hard-deleted state (I've never done that). The people who could figure what happened are those that work on GAIA (https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/access-control#users https://developers.google.com/issue-tracker/concepts/access-...). Account information and history are a touchy issue, so I doubt anyone would get involved, unless they had reason to (abuse, legal action, proper law enforcement request, etc.). Looking up user information on a hunch is a sure way for an employee to get in trouble, since access to the directory is heavily tracked. Even acknowledging the existence of an account at some point in the past carries risk...