I do similarly with an account that I haven't logged into in a LONG time. It seems the act of forwarding and regularly receiving email keeps them active.
On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 7:51 AM, Idan Tene <[email protected]> wrote: > So, today I set up this brand new Gmail account, with a more > "professional" username, rather than my old one which uses an online alias. > BUT, since Google does not offer an easy merging or migration tools, I > just decided to forward anything and everytyhing from this new Gmail to my > old one, while at the same time linking the accounts on my old Gmail, so I > can use the "Reply As" feature. > > Technically, I will never sign in to this account. > > I know Gmail states that it *may* delete inactive accounts after 9 months. > But with the above taken into respect, will this new account be considered > inactive? Will it be deleted? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Gmail-Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
