Gmail....

I did not receive a Gmail invite. Was I supposed to get one? I started my Blogger blog (this blog) June 1st of last year with QiSoftware as the username. Does Google automatically reserve the name if you sign up with Blogger.com? I am not sure, but I thought so.

Because I sometimes get emails to my business account (qisoftware.com) -- indicating I have sent emails to people I have no knowledge of, I decided to do some checking. I believe these "invalid emails" are phishing attempts -- and actually have nothing to do with a Gmail account, but it convinced me I should check accounts that maybe in existence that could look like someone was sending emails from me.

I checked to see if anyone was using qisoftware@gmail.com? I used this link to check --> Gmail Name Availability. I received a cryptic "Invalid request" in response.

Why have I not worried about a Gmail account before now? Because I have a lot of email accounts -- to the point, I can barely keep up with the daily collection of spam I receive. I thought one more email account was not something I really needed.

I am now -- curious. Could be a case of "you snooze you lose..." hmmm.