Considering the form of the e-mail I was surprised they deigned to respond to me at all. I figured they would just never acknowledge that they had spent any time on such an applicant.
i think this is maybe my case
i got the e-mail informing me of the status checker URL like 3 weeks ago (i've been complete since late Nov, 4 weeks after my apps were sent)
and i'm STILL under review. i think they threw out my app and never even bothered to update the status checker