Logical no, its in their FAQ on http://gmail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=7993&topic=-1 <quote> Studies have shown that short usernames at popular domains receive significantly more spam due to automatic address generation. Gmail's requirement that all usernames be at least six characters in length is meant to keep spam out of your inbox. </quote> But what if we want spam ;-) On Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:55:10 -0500, Scott Raun wrote: > Can anyone give me a logical explanation as to why gmail accounts have > a minimum length of six characters? _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list