[appengine-java] starting today: send.Mail took too long to respond

2011-09-13 Thread James Briant
My app can't send email any more. I get this exception every time: com.google.apphosting.api.ApiProxy$ApiDeadlineExceededException: The API call mail.Send() took too long to respond and was cancelled Here's the time for the incoming call: ms=6640 cpu_ms=1568 api_cpu_ms=658 cpm_usd=0.069988

[appengine-java] The *real* cost of the billing changes

2011-09-05 Thread James Briant
The real cost: *My professional credibility.* That is something that is of immeasurable value and is now in the toilet. I do not see how it is recoverable and the loss to me is far beyond the not-inconsequential costs of migrating to EC2, Heroku (oh look, it runs java as a few days ago),