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There is no one at Google who would help. And now we have less than 42 hours to resolve this issue. Failing that, our website will be cut off from more than 500,000 community members worldwide.
This could be an instance of email spoofing. Can you check the headers of the email for any domains that look suspicious?
What did the email say exactly? Why would a spamming domain be suspended in 72 hours instead of right away?
If it actually is a legitimate "notice" and not email spoofing, you can try them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Google
Google has been responsive pretty much every time I have needed them, which is impressive. I tweeted a few days ago, not even tweeting "at" them, and they got in touch: https://twitter.com/jugurthahadjar/status/143051010590950195...
Hi, This could be an instance of email spoofing. Can you check the headers of the email for any domains that look suspicious? What did the email say exactly? Why would a spamming domain be suspended in 72 hours instead of right away? If it actually is a legitimate "notice" and not email spoofing, you can try them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Google Google has been responsive pretty much every time I have needed th…
From: registrar-support@google.com Subject: A message from Google Domains SPF: PASS with IP 209.85.220.75 DKIM: 'PASS' with domain google.com DMARC: 'PASS'
The email said:
Hi there,
Your domain was reported for spamming activities and will be suspended in 3 days. ... It may result in cancellation of your domain registration or termination of your account.
Regards, The Google Domains Support Team
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So far the experience has been exactly the same as how Gitbook described their similar situation: https://blog.gitbook.com/tech/post-mortems/06-20-gitbook-dom....
No one at Google would answer any questions. And we have no idea what to do right now.
Hi, This could be an instance of email spoofing. Can you check the headers of the email for any domains that look suspicious? What did the email say exactly? Why would a spamming domain be suspended in 72 hours instead of right away? If it actually is a legitimate "notice" and not email spoofing, you can try them on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Google Google has been responsive pretty much every time I have needed th…
The suspension notice was definitely sent by Google: From: registrar-support@google.com Subject: A message from Google Domains SPF: PASS with IP 209.85.220.75 DKIM: 'PASS' with domain google.com DMARC: 'PASS' The email said: Hi there, Your domain was reported for spamming activities and will be suspended in 3 days. ... It may result in cancellation of your domain registration or termination of your account. Regards,…
Look not for signs it is authentic; look for signs it is not.
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The suspension notice was definitely sent by Google: From: registrar-support@google.com Subject: A message from Google Domains SPF: PASS with IP 209.85.220.75 DKIM: 'PASS' with domain google.com DMARC: 'PASS' The email said: Hi there, Your domain was reported for spamming activities and will be suspended in 3 days. ... It may result in cancellation of your domain registration or termination of your account. Regards,…
Emails in email spoofing definitely show a legitimate domain in "From"; it wouldn't be fun otherwise. Look at the headers. All the domains in the many "Received" fields, "Return-Path", etc. Look not for signs it is authentic; look for signs it is not. Also: https://developers.google.com/domains/express/support
What's the timeframe for this?
>out of 205,169 emails sent What's the timeframe for this?
But can you transfer the domain?
Maybe obvious and or stupid But can you transfer the domain?
Maybe obvious and or stupid But can you transfer the domain?
We could not transfer the domain. I would like to because the whole community is currently being threatened. Not to mention, personally it could result in "termination of your account," the Google account that I have been using for more than a decade (for my emails, cell phone, wallet, etc)!