Google Email Service has got 2 Domains viz. @gmail.com and @googlemail.com.
@googlemail.com is default for people residing in United Kingdom and Germany, while @gmail.com is default for people from all other countries!
But with the help of this Post, you can either choose between @gmail.com or @googlemail.com – Completely your Choice and No Matter in which part of the World you are located!
First of all check out THIS Page in order to know: Why Google has to use googlemail.com Domain for people residing in UK & Germany and gmail.com for people from all other countries?
Register Email Address as @googlemail.com instead of @gmail.com:
If you are not residing in United Kingdom or Germany, than everytime you are provided with @gmail.com as your default Email Address Domain. Now in order to register your default E-mail Address Domain as @googlemail.com, just follow this LINK
What’s so special in above Link?
Here when you are registering for Gmail, the URL is appended by a switch/flag: &gd=1 because of this you are able to register your default Email Address Domain as @googlemail.com
Register Email Address as @gmail.com instead of @googlemail.com:
This tip is for people who are residing in United Kingdom or Germany, but want their Email Address Domain as @gmail.com instead of @googlemail.com. For this just follow this LINK
What’s so special in above Link?
Here when you are registering for Gmail, the URL is appended by a switch/flag &gd=2 because of this you are able to register your default Email Address Domain as @gmail.com
Now with the help of above tips/Links, you can choose in between @gmail.com or @googlemail.com – Completely your choice!
Note: Above mentioned tips will not work for those who already registered their E-mail Address with a particular Username. For Example, if you have registered your E-mail Address as abc.123@gmail.com, than you can’t register for abc.123@googlemail.com and vice versa. Check out THIS Post to know Why?
Also See: How to Import all your Emails & Contacts from Yahoo! Mail, Hotmail, AOL etc. to Gmail? and From where to Purchase more Storage Space for your Gmail Account?
Sumeet
Nice to know this but If my ID is sumeet.naik@gmail.com then I get the mails sent to sumeet.naik@gmail.com , sumeetnaik@gmail (without dot), and sumeet.naik@googlemail.com and maybe(not sure) even to sumeetnaik@googlemail.com .. So if u register for one ID , u can get nearly 4 ID’s..
mrintech
You are absolutely right and you might like to read this and this Post
E.g. Here in India, Gmail.com is the Primary Domain Name and Googlemail.com can be considered as Secondary Domain Name. If we login to our Google Email Account, it will always show yourname@gmail.com, not yourname@googlemail.com. This means Gmail.com is set to default for all Indians when they are registering for/using Google Email Account.
UK and Germany people have to stick with Googlemail.com, as it’s set as default in their country. But with the use of Links mentioned in above post, anyone can register for Gmail.com or Googlemail.com – No matter which Domain is set as default in their country
margaret donald
gmail have blocked my email address for some unknown reason. I have lost all my contacts and starred mail which included valuable references and photos. I am not allowed to access it unless I can answer questions that I don’t even understand I.E write down 4 labels, who introduced you to gmail? I am an old lady and my memory is not what it used to be. I need to keep in contact with my family. Can you please help?
Mrinmay Bhattacharjee
Sorry to hear that you are in trouble
Following can be 2 reasons because of which you are unable to access your Email Account:
* Google has disabled your Gmail Account
* Your Account has been Hacked/Compromised
The only solution for both the above mentioned cases is to fill THIS FORM – Google will verify your Account associated details and will give your account back to you, if the details matches. This is the Only solution for your problem.
Please also go through following posts, as these may help you:
* Prepare yourself before your Gmail Account gets Hacked
* How to check whether your Gmail Account is Hacked or Not?
Feel free to Contact Me, if I can assist you further
With Best Wishes