will a deleted account free up it's email?

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Joshua Walker

24 Apr, 2012 10:26 PM

I deleted my account and then attempted to create another account with the same email, but I seem to be getting errors that my email has already been taken. Will deleting an account free the associated email, or will I have to sign up with a new email?

  1. 2 Posted by Zuzel Vera on 24 Apr, 2012 10:50 PM

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    Email addresses are unique for each account and deleting an account only marks it as deleted but no information is removed from the database. The user's activity on the site will be displayed as anonymous, no notifications will be sent to their email address, and their profile will not be accesible or linked to their activity on the site. Site admins can restore accounts.

    Let me know if you prefer to use your old account with its email address or associate your old account with another email address and create a new account.

  2. 3 Posted by Joshua Walker on 24 Apr, 2012 11:26 PM

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    If you can restore my old account ([email blocked]), that would be great.

  3. 4 Posted by Zuzel Vera on 24 Apr, 2012 11:30 PM

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    Done.

  4. 5 Posted by Joshua Walker on 24 Apr, 2012 11:35 PM

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    Thank you!

  5. Zuzel Vera closed this discussion on 26 Apr, 2012 12:25 AM.

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