Email address too long?

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Email address too long?

I am trying to set up mail on my iPhone for the first time. I click Other, then try to enter my email address, but it will only allow 18 characters before it starts erasing a letter each time I tap a key.

My email address is 23 characters long, so how do I enter it to create a new account?

Thank you,
Debbie

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.6.2), Also a MacBook Pro, iPhone 3GS

Posted on Nov 28, 2010 1:58 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 28, 2010 2:09 PM in response to Deb2441

Get yourself a free Gmail account and use that instead - and then forward all mail if you need to use the long one.

Is this another one of the educational addresses perchance ?

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Deb2441 Author

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Nov 28, 2010 2:17 PM in response to Graham Outterside

I'm not sure what the discussion of educational addresses was about, but this is not an educational address. I didn't think it was a particularly long address and I'm surprised the only answer is a new account. I know plenty of people with far longer email addresses.

Thank you for your help.

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Answer 3

Nov 28, 2010 2:20 PM in response to Deb2441

No problems - the reference is to my sister in law whose email address is school based and its ridiculously long.

18 characters isn't that long certainly - my old one was much longer. It was 29 characters long.

Are you sure its not just the view scrolling rather than deleting anything ? I think you will find its just scrolling.

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Deb2441 Author

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Nov 28, 2010 2:38 PM in response to Deb2441

I took a second look and it was my fat thumb hitting the backspace instead of the "m". Once I quit accidentally hitting backspace, it took the address with no problem and Mail is now working.

Thanks again.

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Answer 5

Nov 28, 2010 2:42 PM in response to Deb2441

No worries - glad to help.

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