Friday, April 13, 2007
Google To Users: "Sorry About That, Chief!"
Posted by Jon Westfall in "NEWS" @ 08:11 AM
"We have been actively investigating a batch of accounts that were accidentally disabled and are currently in the process of re-enabling these accounts. This error occurred in an effort to target a large network of spammers to keep them out of the Gmail system and keep your inbox free from spam. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we re-enable these accounts as quickly as possible."
Google made a bit of a mistake a few weeks back, with some truly horrible horror stories resulting. If you ever needed a GOOD REASON to BACKUP anything important - let this be it. If mighty Google can nuke accounts by accident, it is just more proof that no admin group is above error.
Now stop reading this, take inventory of all the important data you have (i.e. files, emails, databases, pictures, movies, software, registration codes, passwords, etc..), and Back It Up!!!
Google made a bit of a mistake a few weeks back, with some truly horrible horror stories resulting. If you ever needed a GOOD REASON to BACKUP anything important - let this be it. If mighty Google can nuke accounts by accident, it is just more proof that no admin group is above error.
Now stop reading this, take inventory of all the important data you have (i.e. files, emails, databases, pictures, movies, software, registration codes, passwords, etc..), and Back It Up!!!