I'm using Outlook 2016. I had a Gmail account, but I deleted it. I'm
trying to put it back, but I'm having a problem doing it. It keep asking
for my e-mail address or phone number. I've tried entering my gmail
address, my regular e-mail address, my land line number, and my cell
phone number. Nothing works. It keeps asking the same question.

I hope someone is still reading here in this largely defunct newsgroup,
and can tell me what I should do.


--
Ken

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On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 09:16:11, Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2016. I had a Gmail account, but I deleted it. I'm
trying to put it back, but I'm having a problem doing it. It keep
asking for my e-mail address or phone number. I've tried entering my
gmail address, my regular e-mail address, my land line number, and my
cell phone number. Nothing works. It keeps asking the same question.

I hope someone is still reading here in this largely defunct newsgroup,

I am ...

and can tell me what I should do.

... but no joy there I'm afraid.

Sounds more like a question for google/gmail than Outlook. (I sort of
assumed this 'group was mainly about use of the email client [and the
other things the software does, such as calendaring matters] rather than
the email provider/service, but even if it covers both, I think your
query is more for google/gmail.)

I'm assuming, since you asked here, that you _are_ at least using
Outlook to attempt your reinstatement. Have you tried doing it via their
web interface? (Or any other email client, such as Thunderbird?)
--
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The trouble with the death penalty has always been that nobody wanted it for everybody, but everybody differed about who should get off. - Albert Pierrepoint, in his 1974 autobiography.

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On 10/7/2020 11:27 AM, Ken Blake wrote:

On 10/7/2020 11:07 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 09:16:11, Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2016. I had a Gmail account, but I deleted it. I'm >>>trying to put it back, but I'm having a problem doing it. It keep
asking for my e-mail address or phone number. I've tried entering my >>>gmail address, my regular e-mail address, my land line number, and my >>>cell phone number. Nothing works. It keeps asking the same question.

I hope someone is still reading here in this largely defunct newsgroup,

I am ...

and can tell me what I should do.

... but no joy there I'm afraid.

Sounds more like a question for google/gmail than Outlook. (I sort of
assumed this 'group was mainly about use of the email client [and the
other things the software does, such as calendaring matters] rather than
the email provider/service, but even if it covers both, I think your
query is more for google/gmail.)

I'm assuming, since you asked here, that you _are_ at least using
Outlook to attempt your reinstatement. Have you tried doing it via their
web interface? (Or any other email client, such as Thunderbird?)

Yes, I've been trying with Outlook. I'll take your suggestion and try it
on the web.

I just went to the web site. I should have realized that I can't do it
there. The account still exists and it's there on the gmail web site. My problem is that I can't re-add the gmail account into Outlook.

It's clearly an issue with Outlook, not gmail.


--
Ken

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On 10/7/2020 11:07 AM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

On Wed, 7 Oct 2020 at 09:16:11, Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2016. I had a Gmail account, but I deleted it. I'm
trying to put it back, but I'm having a problem doing it. It keep
asking for my e-mail address or phone number. I've tried entering my
gmail address, my regular e-mail address, my land line number, and my
cell phone number. Nothing works. It keeps asking the same question.

I hope someone is still reading here in this largely defunct newsgroup,

I am ...

and can tell me what I should do.

... but no joy there I'm afraid.

Sounds more like a question for google/gmail than Outlook. (I sort of
assumed this 'group was mainly about use of the email client [and the
other things the software does, such as calendaring matters] rather than
the email provider/service, but even if it covers both, I think your
query is more for google/gmail.)

I'm assuming, since you asked here, that you _are_ at least using
Outlook to attempt your reinstatement. Have you tried doing it via their
web interface? (Or any other email client, such as Thunderbird?)

Yes, I've been trying with Outlook. I'll take your suggestion and try it
on the web.


--
Ken

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Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I just went to the web site. I should have realized that I can't do it
there.

But can you still log into your Gmail account using their webmail
client?

The account still exists and it's there on the gmail web site. My
problem is that I can't re-add the gmail account into Outlook.

It's clearly an issue with Outlook, not gmail.

Did you try specifying a different name for the account definition
within Outlook (so a different folder gets created)? Create a new Gmail account, but don't call it "Gmail" again but something like "Gmail New".
Later you can rename it to just "Gmail".

How many account defintions exist in your current Outlook profile? If
just the Gmail account, create a new Outlook profile and create your
Gmail account definition under the new profile. Make sure to make the
new profile your default profile, so you don't have to keep specifying
which profile to use when you load Outlook.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/overview-of-outlook-e-mail-profiles-9073a8ac-c3d6-421d-b5b9-fcedff7642fc
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-an-outlook-profile-f544c1ba-3352-4b3b-be0b-8d42a540459d
https://www.howto-outlook.com/faq/newprofile.htm

If the new profile works, you can delete the old profile. However, if
you were using POP to locally store your e-mails, the old e-mails will
be stored under your old profile, so you'll lose the old e-mails when
you delete the old profile. Normally POP does a RETR(ieve) command
followed by a DELE(te) command. That means only you have the the old
copies of the e-mails retrieved from a POP server. You can configure
Outlook to not delete after retrieve, so an e-mail is stored locally but
also remains on the server. If you use IMAP to Gmail, IMAP reflects
what is up on the server, so whatever is up there will still show in a
new Outlook profile in a newly define Gmail account definition.

https://pureinfotech.com/delete-profile-outlook/

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Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2016. I had a Gmail account, but I deleted it. I'm
trying to put it back, but I'm having a problem doing it. It keep asking
for my e-mail address or phone number. I've tried entering my gmail
address, my regular e-mail address, my land line number, and my cell
phone number. Nothing works. It keeps asking the same question.

I hope someone is still reading here in this largely defunct newsgroup,
and can tell me what I should do.

"Deleted" where? The account definition within Outlook, or you went
online to their site to close your Gmail account? Since you mention
entering a phone number, and since account definitions within Outlook do
not use phone number for login credentials, looks like you went online
to delete your Gmail account.

If you deleted your account by going online to Gmail, it goes into
pending deletion status for 90 days afterwhich it gets permanently
deleted. If the delete is still pending, you have to go online to their
site to undelete (recover) your old account. After the delete
expiration, you cannot undelete your account; however, despite what
Google has claimed, your account name remains unusable forever afterward
(i.e., you can't wait a year, or longer, hoping you can create a new
account using the same old account name).

Note: The number of posts (after the server's retention period) does not mandate a newsgroup is defunct. Posting an inquiry and getting no
responses after a week is what denotes there are no visitors in the
newsgroup, or no one there want to investigate your inquiry.

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On 10/7/2020 11:55 AM, VanguardLH wrote:

Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I just went to the web site. I should have realized that I can't do it
there.

But can you still log into your Gmail account using their webmail
client?

The account still exists and it's there on the gmail web site. My
problem is that I can't re-add the gmail account into Outlook.

It's clearly an issue with Outlook, not gmail.

Did you try specifying a different name for the account definition
within Outlook (so a different folder gets created)?

No, I didn't.

Create a new Gmail
account, but don't call it "Gmail" again but something like "Gmail New". Later you can rename it to just "Gmail".

Can I set up that new account work with my current gmail address? Will I
get all the gmail I've missed in the last couple of days.

How many account defintions exist in your current Outlook profile? If

With Gmail gone, there's now just one--my main e-mail address.

Thanks very much for your help. I'll try what you suggest--adding a new
Gmail account-- and report back.

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Ken

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On 10/7/2020 11:43 AM, VanguardLH wrote:

Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I'm using Outlook 2016. I had a Gmail account, but I deleted it. I'm
trying to put it back, but I'm having a problem doing it. It keep asking
for my e-mail address or phone number. I've tried entering my gmail
address, my regular e-mail address, my land line number, and my cell
phone number. Nothing works. It keeps asking the same question.

I hope someone is still reading here in this largely defunct newsgroup,
and can tell me what I should do.

"Deleted" where? The account definition within Outlook, or you went
online to their site to close your Gmail account? Since you mention
entering a phone number, and since account definitions within Outlook do
not use phone number for login credentials, looks like you went online
to delete your Gmail account.

Sorry, my question wasn't clear. I didn't mean I had completely deleted
the account. The account still exists and I can see and use it on the
gmail web site. What I did was delete it frmo Outlook. What I can't do
is add it back to Outlook.

If you deleted your account by going online to Gmail, it goes into
pending deletion status for 90 days afterwhich it gets permanently
deleted. If the delete is still pending, you have to go online to their
site to undelete (recover) your old account. After the delete
expiration, you cannot undelete your account; however, despite what
Google has claimed, your account name remains unusable forever afterward (i.e., you can't wait a year, or longer, hoping you can create a new
account using the same old account name).

Note: The number of posts (after the server's retention period) does not mandate a newsgroup is defunct. Posting an inquiry and getting no
responses after a week is what denotes there are no visitors in the newsgroup, or no one there want to investigate your inquiry.

--
Ken

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On 10/7/2020 12:27 PM, Ken Blake wrote:

On 10/7/2020 11:55 AM, VanguardLH wrote:

Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

I just went to the web site. I should have realized that I can't do it
there.

But can you still log into your Gmail account using their webmail
client?

The account still exists and it's there on the gmail web site. My
problem is that I can't re-add the gmail account into Outlook.

It's clearly an issue with Outlook, not gmail.

Did you try specifying a different name for the account definition
within Outlook (so a different folder gets created)?

No, I didn't.

Create a new Gmail
account, but don't call it "Gmail" again but something like "Gmail New".
Later you can rename it to just "Gmail".

Can I set up that new account work with my current gmail address? Will I
get all the gmail I've missed in the last couple of days.

How many account defintions exist in your current Outlook profile? If

With Gmail gone, there's now just one--my main e-mail address.

Thanks very much for your help. I'll try what you suggest--adding a new
Gmail account-- and report back.

I just tried it. It doesn't ask me to name the new account, but it asks
me to enter the gmail e-mail address I want to use. If I enter the
existing one, I tells me I can't use that, since that address is already
used.

So I can create a new account with a new address, but that's not what I
want. I want to get my existing gmail address back into Outlook.

Any suggestions?




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Ken

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Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Did you try specifying a different name for the account definition
within Outlook (so a different folder gets created)?

No, I didn't.

Create a new Gmail
account, but don't call it "Gmail" again but something like "Gmail New". >>> Later you can rename it to just "Gmail".

Can I set up that new account work with my current gmail address? Will I
get all the gmail I've missed in the last couple of days.

How many account defintions exist in your current Outlook profile? If

With Gmail gone, there's now just one--my main e-mail address.

Thanks very much for your help. I'll try what you suggest--adding a new
Gmail account-- and report back.

I just tried it. It doesn't ask me to name the new account, but it
asks me to enter the gmail e-mail address I want to use. If I enter
the existing one, I tells me I can't use that, since that address is
already used.

So I can create a new account with a new address, but that's not what
I want. I want to get my existing gmail address back into Outlook.

Which makes it sound like your Outlook profile is corrupted. You
deleted an account (specifying an e-mail address), but cannot create a
new account (since the old one isn't listed after the delete) using the
same e-mail address. Seems the deleted account really didn't get
deleted. That's why I mentioned creating a new Outlook profile.

Before creating a new Outlook profile in which you define new accounts,
see if you can rename the old one. Use the Mail applet in Control Panel
to rename the old account, if it is still listed. If it's listed,
doesn't seem that account actually got deleted. Been too long since I
used Outlook to remember all the ins and outs of their Mail applet.

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On 10/7/2020 5:59 PM, VanguardLH wrote:

Ken Blake <ken@invalidemail.com> wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

VanguardLH wrote:

Did you try specifying a different name for the account definition
within Outlook (so a different folder gets created)?

No, I didn't.

Create a new Gmail
account, but don't call it "Gmail" again but something like "Gmail New". >>>> Later you can rename it to just "Gmail".

Can I set up that new account work with my current gmail address? Will I >>> get all the gmail I've missed in the last couple of days.

How many account defintions exist in your current Outlook profile? If

With Gmail gone, there's now just one--my main e-mail address.

Thanks very much for your help. I'll try what you suggest--adding a new
Gmail account-- and report back.

I just tried it. It doesn't ask me to name the new account, but it
asks me to enter the gmail e-mail address I want to use. If I enter
the existing one, I tells me I can't use that, since that address is
already used.

So I can create a new account with a new address, but that's not what
I want. I want to get my existing gmail address back into Outlook.

Which makes it sound like your Outlook profile is corrupted. You
deleted an account (specifying an e-mail address), but cannot create a
new account (since the old one isn't listed after the delete) using the
same e-mail address. Seems the deleted account really didn't get
deleted. That's why I mentioned creating a new Outlook profile.

Before creating a new Outlook profile in which you define new accounts,
see if you can rename the old one. Use the Mail applet in Control Panel
to rename the old account, if it is still listed. If it's listed,
doesn't seem that account actually got deleted. Been too long since I
used Outlook to remember all the ins and outs of their Mail applet.

Thanks again. No time now, but I'll try tomorrow.


--
Ken

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