Breaking News! Google is Banning people...

YAKUZA · 08-05-2004, 12:42 PM

Many people who have bought Gmail accounts and/or invitations have received this message:

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Sorry, your account has been disabled. If this should not have happened, please contact our customer support at [email]accounts-support@google.com[/url].
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This has been discussed in other forums, but not this.

Randy · 08-05-2004, 12:46 PM

Yea. I believe these people are people who bought invites or accounts, which is against Gmail's TOS, at least that's what I'm hearing from other forums.

stevewise · 08-05-2004, 03:03 PM

If you were to sell an invitation on e-bay how how would they (google) figure out who sent it and who recieved it?

Snake · 08-05-2004, 03:13 PM

Google could ask eBay for the ip of the person who is selling it, then go back to Gmail and scan and look for that id. Once they found it they can look at who he send to. Go back to eBay and get the ip of the person who bought it. Match that with what the results of who he sent to. Then they can ban both the person who sold it and the person who bought it. Its that simple. Just getting ebay to work with them shouldnt be much of a problem. As it says in the tos that it cant be sold or something like that.
Hope that helps you out steve.

Snake
(vamos!)

picknslap · 08-05-2004, 05:50 PM

Hmm, I wonder how that works for peple with dynamic IPs? But, that's what they get for buying gmail.

3fingeredPete · 08-06-2004, 02:20 AM

That's a waste of good invitations!They should have given them to me instead of making them void!

cvrk3 · 08-06-2004, 02:22 AM

i think that the ban may be on account of misuse and spamming. But then who will admit the same in the forums.

3fingeredPete · 08-06-2004, 02:26 AM

Evil spammers buying up my gmail.

cheukiecfu · 08-06-2004, 11:17 AM

damn
i hope they ban more of those accounts
and start giving out invite again....
i need an invite...

Seaneh · 08-06-2004, 01:32 PM

I'm pretty sure that there happy with all the current beta testers. I mean, theres only so far a test can go before the results of what has happened have been reported many times.

Also I'm not sure how many beta testers actually bother to go back to google saying whether or not there happy with the service or vice versa.

08-05-2004, 12:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
YAKUZA Noogle Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Computer Lab Posts: 13 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Breaking News! Google is Banning people... Many people who have bought Gmail accounts and/or invitations have received this message: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorry, your account has been disabled. If this should not have happened, please contact our customer support at [email]accounts-support@google.com[/url]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This has been discussed in other forums, but not this.

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08-05-2004, 12:46 PM	#2 (permalink)
Randy Google Guru Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,133 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Yea. I believe these people are people who bought invites or accounts, which is against Gmail's TOS, at least that's what I'm hearing from other forums.

08-05-2004, 03:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
stevewise Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Posts: 75 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	If you were to sell an invitation on e-bay how how would they (google) figure out who sent it and who recieved it?

08-05-2004, 03:13 PM	#4 (permalink)
Snake Google Freak Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 407 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Google could ask eBay for the ip of the person who is selling it, then go back to Gmail and scan and look for that id. Once they found it they can look at who he send to. Go back to eBay and get the ip of the person who bought it. Match that with what the results of who he sent to. Then they can ban both the person who sold it and the person who bought it. Its that simple. Just getting ebay to work with them shouldnt be much of a problem. As it says in the tos that it cant be sold or something like that. Hope that helps you out steve. Snake (vamos!)

08-05-2004, 05:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
picknslap Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 50 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hmm, I wonder how that works for peple with dynamic IPs? But, that's what they get for buying gmail.

08-06-2004, 02:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
3fingeredPete Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Manchester,England Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That's a waste of good invitations!They should have given them to me instead of making them void!

08-06-2004, 02:22 AM	#7 (permalink)
cvrk3 Google Guru Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: India Posts: 2,399 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	i think that the ban may be on account of misuse and spamming. But then who will admit the same in the forums.

08-06-2004, 02:26 AM	#8 (permalink)
3fingeredPete Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Manchester,England Posts: 78 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Evil spammers buying up my gmail.

08-06-2004, 11:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
cheukiecfu Noogle Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 23 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	damn i hope they ban more of those accounts and start giving out invite again.... i need an invite...

08-06-2004, 01:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
Seaneh Googler Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Yorkshire, England Posts: 71 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm pretty sure that there happy with all the current beta testers. I mean, theres only so far a test can go before the results of what has happened have been reported many times. Also I'm not sure how many beta testers actually bother to go back to google saying whether or not there happy with the service or vice versa.

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