OK, mystery solved. Ikai's emails contained the links that were used by spammers, and GMail treated them as... spam :-) This is something that the support team might have in mind for the future...
P. On Dec 21, 7:53 am, vrypan <[email protected]> wrote: > Ikai, thanks for stepping in, but I still can't find any emails from > you in my inbox. > Could you please resend whatever you have send me? (BTW, I just > received an order receipt from AppEngine, so I'm sure I'm checking the > right email) > > Thank you, > > Panayotis. > > On Dec 20, 11:08 pm, "Ikai Lan (Google)" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I'm working with him off-list to resolve the issue. > > > In general, it's important to remember that as application developers, you > > are responsible for the content that is posted to your application. If > > objectionable content is reported that violates the terms of service, > > someone from our team will usually email the developers. We expect a > > response within 48 business hours. In most (99.99%) of cases, we will not > > disable applications before notifying developers. We ask people requesting > > takedowns for proof or, in cases of copyright violations, to follow the DMCA > > takedown procedures as documented for all Google properties. > > > The type of situations where we'd take down a site while notifying a > > developer at the same time would be, for instance, a site that hosts a worm > > or exploits end user computer vulnerabilities. > > > -- > > Ikai Lan > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > > Blogger:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 12:18 PM, Maxim Veksler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 10:10 PM, Joshua Smith > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >> Thanks for posting this to the list. His story was disconcerting, and > > >> it's good to hear that he didn't respond to your emails. > > > >> -Joshua > > > >> On Dec 20, 2010, at 2:18 PM, Ikai Lan (Google) wrote: > > > >> Hi, > > > >> I sent you an email a week requesting a response. Please check your inbox > > >> for emails from me addressed to the billing administrator of your > > >> application (vrypan@). Because you didn't respond, I was forced to > > >> disable your application. > > > >> Your application is in violation of our terms of service because it is > > >> being targeted by spammers to shorten spam URLs. If we are reported > > >> instances of these, we will contact the developers to: > > > >> 1. Remove the content > > >> 2. Take aggressive measures to prevent spamming of their service > > > >> Our terms of service dictate that you are responsible for policing the > > >> content of your application. If you are in violation, we will first > > >> notify > > >> you and work with you before disabling your application. However, if we > > >> do > > >> not receive a response, we will go ahead and disable the application. > > > >> Please work with me off mailing list to resolve the issue. > > > >> -- > > >> Ikai Lan > > >> Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > > >> Blogger:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > > >> Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > > >> Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > > > >> On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Jorge Guberte > > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > > > >>> If that's the case, then the app i'm developing will be shut for sure, > > >>> because it extends the Google Contacts platform, making use of the API > > >>> Google provides. > > >>> Makes no sense, right? > > > >>> 2010/12/19 Philip <[email protected]> > > > >>> There is no way that the app was disabled because Google fears > > >>>> competition. I'm currently developing a google news like service on > > >>>> app engine and I got access to the matcher api and prediction api > > >>>> without any problems even though I have told explicitly that I am > > >>>> doing this. I also got always help from Googlers like Ikai in the IRC > > >>>> channel. > > > >>>> Besides, I'm pretty sure that it would be *highly* risky for Google to > > >>>> disable apps that are competing with their own services. They would > > >>>> abuse their online monopoly and this could result in astronomically > > >>>> huge judicial punishment. > > > >>>> On Dec 18, 8:56 am, Nickolas Daskalou <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> > It may have been disabled because it competes with Google's URL > > >>>> > shortening offering (http://goo.gl/). > > > >>>> > Nick > > > >>>> > On 18/12/2010, at 1:21 PM, vrypan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>> > > Hi. I've been running my URL shortener, urlborg.com, on appengine > > >>>> > > since 2008. Suddenly, yesterday, the app was marked as DISABLED by > > >>>> > > google, and no one can access it. How do I get in contact with > > >>>> > > someone that can explain what's going on? I feel really bad for the > > > >>>> > > users that relied on my service. > > > >>>> > > I really, really like AppEngine, I mean, if you are offering a > > >>>> > > hosting environment, and people are paying for it, you can't just > > >>>> > > switch off an account, without a warning, or a notice or > > >>>> something... > > > >>>> > > Panayotis > > >>>> > > -- > > >>>> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>> > > Groups "Google App Engine" group. > > >>>> > > To post to this group, send email to google- > > >>>> > > [email protected]. > > >>>> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > >>>> > > . > > >>>> > > For more options, visit this group athttp:// > > >>>> groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en > > >>>> > > . > > > >>>> -- > > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>>> Groups "Google App Engine" group. > > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>>> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > >>>> . > > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> Groups > > >>> "Google App Engine" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > >>> . > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >> "Google App Engine" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]. > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > >> -- > > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > >> "Google App Engine" group. > > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > >> . > > >> For more options, visit this group at > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "Google App Engine" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. 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