"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 21:36:40 -0800, sf wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 12:10:37 -0500, "jmcquown" >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>I was posting via Google before I
>>>bought this PC last week and I don't have a gmail account.
>>
>>Interesting. How did you do that? I always have to log in first with
>>my gmail acct.
>
> You don't have to use gmail as your address. I have occasionally used
> Google from which to post, but I log in with my regular email address.
> Yes, you can set up an account with your regular email address. I
> have both gmail and my regular email and I can use either one in
> posting from google groups.
>
> Christine

Exactamundo! When you create a Google login they ask for an email address.
They don't care what the email address is.

Jill