Gmail Accounts Disabled by Mistake
Techtree News Staff, Dec 12, 2007 1846 hrs IST
Some Gmail users posted their grievance on the Gmail Help Discussion Forum about their accounts being locked, though just for sometime.
In a very recent incident, Google had accidentally disabled some Gmail accounts in an attempt to deal with spammers.
Some users posted their grievance on the Gmail Help Discussion Forum about their accounts being locked.
However, a Google staffer, who monitors and posts messages on Gmail Help forum, acknowledged the existence of the occurrence on behalf of the company.
Identifying the problem, Google said that their efforts to prevent breach of the Terms of Use (policy) caused a number of users to be incorrectly identified as spammers or other abusive users.
Several hours later, Google Guide declared that things were back to normal and the accounts that were disabled have regained access with no data loss.
Meanwhile, the messages that were sent to the displaced account during the problem period will not reach the inbox, but bounce back to the sender, Google said.
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by mohan, surat, on Sep 03, 2008 02:27 PM, Report abuse Reply
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by amarjeet singh, surat, on Jul 11, 2008 04:51 PM, Report abuse Reply
yes, i got your attachment
by mohan, surat, on Sep 03, 2008 02:19 PM, Report abuse
my account is still disabled and no one from gmail support has contacted me to help me out and its been a horrible experience tlll now i need my mail ID enabled pls help
by Raavi, hyd, on Apr 24, 2008 08:44 AM, Report abuse Reply
Actually i login gmail account ...but i got the message ur account is disabled ..... i am having lots of important documents in my account .. how to activate my account.
by jeeva, chennai, on Apr 17, 2008 12:17 PM, Report abuse Reply
my account has been disabled plz do do mething.
by flowersandgifts, chandigarh, on Feb 08, 2008 10:49 AM, Report abuse Reply
your account has been disabled. [
by flowersandgifts, chandigarh, on Feb 08, 2008 10:41 AM, Report abuse Reply
I am not able to open the account even after using correct password
by Anuradha Naik, Ahmedabad, on Jan 28, 2008 12:27 PM, Report abuse Reply
my account has been disabled and still not working. plz do do mething.
by rajendra nag, chandigarh, on Jan 04, 2008 01:20 PM, Report abuse Reply
my gmail account cannot opan and some trouble ocar. pls rectify and reset my account. thanks,
by v k sharma, jamshedpur, on Dec 31, 2007 10:52 AM, Report abuse Reply
my account was deleted yesterday as well. i can't access one of my email accounts, and worse, i can't access either of my blogs, one of which i post on every day. trying to find a help form or phone number has been a disaster. i really don't know what to do.
by m heart, NorthamptonArea, on Dec 24, 2007 09:43 PM, Report abuse Reply
I just got my gmail account disabled yesterday Dec.23rd. Guess Google are using grouping strategy to identify the source(s) of spam. If my account was keeping disabled for another week, I have no reason to trust Google's to be the tech leading position.
by Johnny, Austin, on Dec 24, 2007 07:40 PM, Report abuse Reply
Mine was summarily disabled tonight (12/23/07) without warning, explanation, or reason. What a load of bull. I was using gmail for my primary account. NO MORE! This is worse than inconvenient -- it's two days till xmas and I am going on vacation. All my family and friends can't reach me and if they try they get a message telling them the account is deleted instead of temporarily disabled. This SUCKS!
by John, Seattle, on Dec 24, 2007 10:34 AM, Report abuse Reply
my password is misplaced so please help me my email id id satendrasingh48@gmail.com
by jyotinayar, delhi, on Dec 19, 2007 01:29 PM, Report abuse Reply
Till today my e-mail has not yet been restored. Can I know the reason why it has been disabled in the first place and if there is any chance that will be restored. It has been more thn 10 days that they have disabled my e-mail
by Pratip Nahar, New Delhi, on Dec 17, 2007 10:45 PM, Report abuse Reply
मुझे भी पिछले महीने ऐसे कई ई मेल जी मेल की ओर से आए थे जिन्हें मैंने फ्राड समझकर कोई कार्रवाई नहीं की। मैं बच गया। सभी को ऐसे ही बचाए रखना। जी मेल प्रबंधन को ऐसे उपाय कर लेने चाहिएं ताकि ऐसा दोबारा न हो। इसी कामना और विश्वास के साथ कि ईश्वर जो करता है अच्छा करता है।
by अव&, नई दिल्ली, on Dec 14, 2007 06:19 AM, Report abuse Reply
Bingo..keeep it up..Hindi matru-bhasha hai...iska pura prayog kigiye..
by rupesh, indore, on Dec 15, 2007 12:48 PM, Report abuse
My gmail has been disabkled from the 11OCT07 and still not enabled. When will be restored or there is no chance of restoring the same. Pladv.
by Pratip Nahar, New Delhi, on Dec 13, 2007 11:29 PM, Report abuse Reply
the time on my gmail account is not right it sees to be 4hrs forward please help how can it be sorted???
by Arfana Ali, uk, on Dec 13, 2007 07:22 PM, Report abuse Reply
I wonder what Google's connection with spam is! When I try to download updates from genuine google site I end up getting untrustworthy site. Why did they host it then?!
by Alemayehu Kassa, New Delhi, on Dec 13, 2007 05:25 PM, Report abuse Reply
my gmail account disabled since 12thDec evening. When it will be restored?
by anand raj, new delhi, on Dec 13, 2007 04:35 PM, Report abuse Reply
I heavily use Google services. 'am highly dependent upon Google's free internet services from e-mails, news, calender, alerts to Google reader. I simply request Google to not to go wrong any time in the future.
by Souvik, Calcutta (Kolkata)., on Dec 13, 2007 04:16 PM, Report abuse Reply
A Bad news for Google Users
by Arul, Chennai, on Dec 13, 2007 12:14 PM, Report abuse Reply
Dear google, do suggest for the help in password retreival in any other way than Questionary?/Alternate email ID/ and old password, because , My friend faced the same problem, where she was not able to access her account .
by veena, Bangalore, on Dec 13, 2007 12:13 PM, Report abuse Reply
google i thought was the best and have recommended to quite a few users to use gmail. Hope you can restore the gmail as soon as possible. Thanks
by Pratip Nahar, New Delhi, on Dec 13, 2007 10:42 AM, Report abuse Reply
Google, please don't do so ever. I rely so much on you guys. For me, it'd been quite a bit slow for the last few days.
by Sukhen K Mitra, Serampore, on Dec 12, 2007 11:10 PM, Report abuse Reply
I lost all content of my outgoing email messages - recipients did not get my mail - and it did not bounce back to my own inbox.
by corinna, Nanaimo, on Dec 12, 2007 10:52 PM, Report abuse Reply
My account has been locked. PLEASE RESTORE IT
by Pratip Nahar, New Delhi, on Dec 12, 2007 10:14 PM, Report abuse Reply
My account tittdel@gmail.com and pathfinders.pnahar@gmail.com has been locked and as yet has not been restored. Kindly check and advise me on tittdel@yahoo.co.in what is the problem
by Pratip Nahar, New Delhi, on Dec 12, 2007 10:08 PM, Report abuse Reply
even i faced the problem!!! google should hav a criti look too to maintain its reputation!! i thought i would ioose some important info!!
by radhika, chennai, on Dec 12, 2007 09:38 PM, Report abuse Reply
Hello a privious employee left our company who had created our gmail account under bad terms and he had changed the access passwords login information can we retrive the info
by Jack, Canada, on Dec 12, 2007 07:50 PM, Report abuse Reply
there is an option if password is lost. however, usually the details maybe sent to the alternate email id given at the time of creating the account(which could be his). or if the questions asked for verification can be answered (if you know them) the password can be changed to a new one. Google will not help in password retreival in any other way. Alternatively, you can get some hacker to break in to the account, but I am not sure if it will work, but you also run the risk of hacker misusing any confidential information.
by helper, newyork, on Dec 12, 2007 08:15 PM, Report abuse