My Gmail Account Is Back

I posted last night that my Gmail account was suspended.

Well, I just got an email from Google, and my Gmail account is live again.

I wonder if it helped that I posted a comment about it on Graywolf’s blog, which is read by Matt Cutts (Google engineer)? (Just kidding – I’m sure that had nothing to do with it.)

Anyway, here’s the email I received from Google:

Hello,

Thank you for your report.

Gmail accounts may be disabled at any time due to violations of Gmail Terms of Use. Google reserves the right to suspend a Gmail Account or the entire Google Account if Gmail Terms of Use are violated.

Recently the Gmail team launched several features intended to detect and prevent breaches of our Terms of Use, such as spamming. As a result, a number of users who may have not been acting in breach of these terms were affected. The issue has since been resolved, and these users have had access to their accounts restored. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

To review Gmail’s Terms of Use, please refer to http://mail.google.com/mail/help/terms_of_use.html

Sincerely,

The Google Team

Now I’m a little afraid to use my account, but I’m hoping that feeling will pass. I did like the Gmail spam filter – it worked great.

If I do go back to using Gmail, I will be sure to use IMAP to keep Gmail in sync with Outlook on my computer, just in case.

- Pat Doyle