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Reuse deleted email for Mozilla Sync

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evo_de
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Hi,

I'am trying to setup Sync on my own server. So I started by deleting my old Sync account. When trying to use my email adress to setup a new Sync account I get an error telling my it's already in use. Does it just take some time (has been ~16h now) to free up the email from the deleted account or is it not possible to reuse email adresses?

Hi, I'am trying to setup Sync on my own server. So I started by deleting my old Sync account. When trying to use my email adress to setup a new Sync account I get an error telling my it's already in use. Does it just take some time (has been ~16h now) to free up the email from the deleted account or is it not possible to reuse email adresses?

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the-edmeister
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If you are setting up your own Sync server, the Mozilla Sync server shouldn't be telling you that your email address is in use.

Have you tried deleting your Sync credentials in the Firefox password manager? Saved in the password manager as the "site chrome://weave(Mozilla Services ...

evo_de
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I was using a version of owncloud and mozilla sync that seem to be incompatible. I made an update to owncloud 6.0.1 and sync server 1.4. Now I get an error that my user or password is incorrect. I'm certain that both are correct.

cor-el
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See also:

Try to ask advice on IRC (irc.mozilla.org) in the #sync channel as mentioned at the bottom of the article.