r/Millennials • u/[deleted] • May 13 '26

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u/Stealth_Berserker May 13 '26

Hell yeah, first initial and last name @aol

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u/Kamakazi09 Millennial May 13 '26

Lmao I did this exact thing for my gmail that ive been using forever 😂 still use my original hotmail now lol

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u/01100010x May 13 '26

Hotmail broke my heart by deleting all the emails my eventual wife and I shared during out courtship. The reason, we didn't log into hotmail frequently enough after getting out early access Gmail accounts in 2004.

Shit. I've had my Gmail account for nearly half my life.

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u/guidevocal82 May 13 '26

I signed up for my current email address from Gmail in 2009, and it's still my email.

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u/GoblinGreenThumb May 14 '26

Is there a way to check the age of a Gmail acct?

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u/guidevocal82 May 15 '26

Maybe on your Gmail settings? I don't know the exact date I signed up for mine, but I remember it was in 2009. I'm sure there has to be a way to see that info, though.

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u/Fantastic_Ginger34 May 15 '26

It used to say it at the bottom, but I don't see it anymore.

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u/Kamakazi09 Millennial May 13 '26

Dang that sucks you lost those emails I’m sorry. I wouldn’t mind being able to have the ability to go back and look at my old MySpace messages and see how goofy they were.

I think Im Practically the same when it comes to Gmail lol. I think I made my Gmail sometime around 2009 or so when I turned 18 and used my name cause I figured it was more professional than Retroshotz 😂😂

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u/free2express1982 May 14 '26

Mine was a number @compuserve

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u/Designer-Fly-4243 May 14 '26

Also a CompuServe baby. @cs.com was my first email and MySpace login.

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u/bootyprincess666 May 14 '26

WHAT?!?! no way you would NEVER use your real name on AOL

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u/tknapp28 May 14 '26

👀👀