Google screwed me.
November 23rd, 2010
Google has screwed me big time! My Gmail account is frozen. Unfortunately I used it as an interface for all work mail as well. So if you mailed me within last two days, chances are they are looked inside Google servers and I haven’t seen them. Please send/resend your mails to me at asela[at]budzy.net
I highly recommend exporting your data from Gmail & Google apps immediately and do not use them for anything important. This could happen to you as well.
Google account login keeps prompting me for voice call verification with a mobile phone. But it never sent a verification code or a message. Their support has been useless and I have given up hope of hearing form a human at Google. Apparently they can suspend services anytime, at their will.
I can’t think of a reason for this suspension. If anything, I used multiple (two) Gmail accounts, one for frequent usage and the other for signing up with new services & such, to whom I didn’t want to give away my primary mail addresses. Not sure if this violates their terms of use.
Again, if you are using Gmail interface for your work mail address, export now and look for alternatives.