Ah, I see. I'm not a lawyer and I admit I did not read the terms of service in great detail. Does that violate any app engine terms of service if I were to sell instances of this app to different schools like you suggest? I could set up the accounts for each customer I have. I am an entrepreneur close to completion of an app targeted at schools. Do you foresee any problems with this approach? Thanks
On Mar 9, 10:18 am, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 4:11 PM, markm208 <[email protected]> wrote: > > So mail doesn't work with users who are using gmail but have non-gmail > > addresses without them linking them with a Google account? I thought a > > user using gmail via Google apps (like most schools) automatically had > > a Google account, is this wrong? In other words, the google apps email > > address [email protected] is not associated with a Google account? > > Only if the user creates a Google account for it > withhttps://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount. By default it is an Apps > account only, and can only authenticate if you set your app to use that > domain for authentication. > > One option would be to deploy your app separately for each school domain, > however. > > -Nick Johnson > > > > > > > > > On Mar 9, 10:04 am, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 3:06 PM, markm208 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would like my app to be able to send mail from a user's account on > > > > behalf of a user. I know you can do this in app engine if the user has > > > > a gmail account. My app will target schools and businesses who use > > > > google apps but may not have a gmail address. In this case the domain > > > > would be something like this: > > > > > mail.google.com/a/myschool.edu/ > > > > > Now for my simple questions: > > > > 1. Can my app send an email from an address like [email protected]? I > > > > think the answer is yes as long as I know the domain- myschool.edu in > > > > this case. AuthDomain is passed into the User constructor. > > > > Only if you set up your app to authenticate Google accounts, and the user > > > has created a Google account for their email address. > > > > > 2. If all I know is the user's email, [email protected], can I figure > > > > out the authDomain 100% of the time? In other words, is it safe to say > > > > that myschool.edu will always have a domain like mail.google.com/a/ > > > > myschool.edu/ ? Will [email protected] have the domain > > > > mail.google.com/a/yourschool.edu/ ? > > > > Your app only has one auth domain - so this doesn't apply. > > > > -Nick Johnson > > > > > 3. Can I create a login url for a school's domain? > > > > > Thanks > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups > > > > "Google App Engine" group.> To post to this group, send > > > > email>[email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > > > > to>>[email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]>> > > > > > > > > <google-appengine%[email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > > > > . > > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > -- > > > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > > > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration > > Number: > > > 368047 > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group.> To post to this group, send email > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email > > to>[email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > Google Ireland Ltd. :: Registered in Dublin, Ireland, Registration Number: > 368047 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
