Ah, yes, and therein lies the rub, as I just discovered.

I did that last night. Tonight when I got home, gmail decided my password was not secure enough and locked me out of my account for most of the evening. Changed it again, almost back to my original one, and finally got back in.

their 20 question no-help questions wanted to know when I opened the account, and I have no idea. It was several years ago for a specific purpose and then lay dormant until last year when I canceled the mindspring account.