DISQUS

Pictures · 9 months ago

Just have my own site down this very moment, wonder if its something on a greater internet scale.

Eyvind A. Larre · 9 months ago

pop/imap still works (via @ravndal)

Mikhail · 9 months ago

This seem to happen alot these days. :(

Mayank · 9 months ago

has crippled many Gmail users. Google's mess ups are increasing.

Maria Popova · 9 months ago

Really puts communication monopoly in perspective. Even when not ill-willed (I freely admit I'm from the Google-can-do-no-wrong camp), technology fails. Here's to 70% of the emailing world putting all our eggs in one imperfect basket...

amos · 9 months ago

this is really funny and sad at the same time...

Kun · 9 months ago

Never realised how much we all relied on Gmail. What's plan B?

Jalada · 9 months ago

Loads of people are watching the Twitter fallout in realtime at http://twitterfall.com/?trend=#Google. Great fun!

razhsnik · 9 months ago

If you're worried about not getting any work done, here's a little tip: you should still be able to fetch your email through IMAP.

silberlicht · 9 months ago

German online magazine suggests switching to pop3: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/Web-Frontend-von.... Does this make sense?

Brandon · 9 months ago

You can still access send and receive messages through IMAP.

Instructions Here:

http://twitter.com/partridge/status/1244457811

Rajesh · 9 months ago

It works with iPhone

Dudes01 · 9 months ago

Ok, lets give yahoo a go, I need to send an email to Google about my mail account lol everybody sign up on Yahoo ........................... NOW.

Oliver · 9 months ago

@Sheamus nono, Skynet is the evolved google, beeing p*ssed off by national law and boundaries!

Saurav Patnaik · 9 months ago

Seriously!!!! this did open many people's eyes..... I am going to download all
my emails right away. Phew!

Rahul · 9 months ago

google apps also facing the difficulty...

mosche · 9 months ago

It's the same in italy , but here is 11 am , is very big problem ! i use gmail for work!

Peter · 9 months ago

Offical Google Response:

2/24/2009
We're aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a number of users. This problem
occurred at approximately 1.30AM Pacific Time. We're working hard to resolve
this problem and will post updates as we have them.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused.

DanS · 9 months ago

Joke!

As soon as it is down, put a message out simple. Sort your life out Google!

Brian Shields · 9 months ago

It seems to be back up at least intermittently

kostas · 9 months ago

Same in France, all my accounts (GMail and GApps) down, managed to get a glimpse with po and IMAPP, now both are also down...

Marco · 9 months ago

actually, there is official word... http://mail.google.com/support/?hl=en

Shankho · 9 months ago

Wonder what would happen, if Google really buys Twitter?

Dallas · 9 months ago

Its still working for me...

Michel Monfort · 9 months ago

I activated Gmail "OFFLINE" option 15 days ago, this way you can still see
and work with your Gmail account even if their server is down.

Instructions here : http://bit.ly/11SECA

robloger · 9 months ago

here news from google - http://mail.google.com/support/

Trevor · 9 months ago

My gmail has been working great all morning. No problems here (Valencia, Spain).

RhodesTer · 9 months ago

It appears that Gmail is not only down, it's got itself a whore and has holed up in room twelve, drunker'n a skunk and a'shootin at us.

Apesaje · 9 months ago

Mine is still working. So maybe it affects only some users for some reason.

Brian Clear · 9 months ago

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7907583.stm
it works on android prob cos IMAP or POP3 still up but web mail down.

Just proves that puttting your life on the Cloud is fine till it starts to drizzle :)
"But Google could never collapse"....thats what we said about the banks.

MaX · 9 months ago

I could enter my login info now, and it´s loading...slooooowwwly, but loading.

PhilVdG · 9 months ago

imap and pop3 still OK I guess... might help ;-)

amos · 9 months ago

Don't waste the time.

While you wait for gmail to come back you can vote at the world rank!!

Ghada Lancer · 9 months ago

feeling lost without my gmail :-(

when it will be fixed???????

Press Portal · 9 months ago

Gmail still not up anywhere I guess. Its down in India since 1600 hours IST

julkul · 9 months ago

So, is it back to hotmail..

DeEtte · 9 months ago

I was able to receive my gmail using thunderbird.

Lorcan · 9 months ago

its down for me too but i can access it on my iphone.. which is weird

Eddie Goldman · 9 months ago

Interestingly, while it is still not accessible on my PC, I get it on my BlackBerry, but not through the Gmail app, only through going to Messages.

Skeptik · 9 months ago

Down for a few hours for Chile too... and they wanted me to use Chrome... yeah, right...
Looking for a back up plan as we speak, this baby is sinking!

bloggs · 9 months ago

Anyone who relies on a free mail service to run a business needs to think again. A POP3 account costs next to nothing, so I hardly think it realistic to complain when a service that is free, and designed for consumers/personal use, has a temporary error. If it is that important, pay the $5/month!

Charly · 9 months ago

Maybe they are still shooting pool at the employee lounges...

Andrew · 9 months ago

if you have a iphone or ipod touch gmail still works. not sure on other phones.

SostyPasha · 9 months ago

oh Gmail :'(

tonibottos · 9 months ago

Now it works in Italy

wayne · 9 months ago

same in india,all other google application is fine only gmail is problem for a
while in india....

Nilesh · 9 months ago

gmail up again.... hooray

nushh · 9 months ago

Seems to be back up - at least in Spain.

web development · 9 months ago

this affects my business, building websites,

finally it works for me, but I cannot rely anymore on google,sorry

WideTrends · 9 months ago

Now I know why I cant access gmail. But now everything seems to be back to
normal..I have been thinking though, google has been having problems lately..

vadim · 9 months ago

back up in Switzerland, finally...

Matt Z · 9 months ago

Anyone know where you can go to see the historical record of all Google
outages / incidents over time ?

Blue Jeans · 9 months ago

Roadrunner email is also down and has been since at least 6:00am today. They are through Time Warner. We do "need" our email anymore! :o(

Dan · 9 months ago

after:

"We're sorry...
... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.

We'll restore your access as quickly as possible, so try again soon. In the meantime, if you suspect that your computer or network has been infected, you might want to run a virus checker or spyware remover to make sure that your systems are free of viruses and other spurious software.

If you're continually receiving this error, you may be able to resolve the problem by deleting your Google cookie and revisiting Google. For browser-specific instructions, please consult your browser's online support center.

If your entire network is affected, more information is available in the Google Web Search Help Center.

We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope we'll see you again on Google.


I got the option to enter in a "swirly" security word and then got in fine.

Dan · 9 months ago

This is in the UK though, may be different in the states

Calli · 9 months ago

Mine appears to be back lol

TheSaint · 9 months ago

Hey People, it just started to work out again a minute ago 2:18pm and I'm in Italy.
I hope the same for you all

Cucumberboy · 9 months ago

Its the NSA and Anti trust department installing transceivers on undersea cables to sniff and mine Google...

blogbot · 9 months ago

What make me think alot of people are obsessed with google!

Ben Overmyer · 9 months ago

It wasn't even down that long. If I recall correctly, Gmail is still in beta.

If you can't live without your email for half a day, you need to take a serious look at your priorities in life.

Rahul · 9 months ago

I was wondering if there was a problem with my machine because I got a message saying my machine could be infected with spam virus and hence my access to gmail was being restricted. Damn them, I had to run anti-spam software to check my machine.

Anyways, am glad to find it up and running again..

Seattle · 9 months ago

Everything's amazing, nobody's happy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoGYx35ypus

ZuDfunck · 9 months ago

Maybe Google can't save the World?

Sometimes all your eggs in one corporate basket is not so good!

But then

Oh well you have moved on by now

So

YOUR GONNA NEED A BIGGER BOAT!

Oh That's Funny!

ZuD!

Mike · 9 months ago

Hmmm...glad I use Zenbe.

Matthew Farrell · 9 months ago

So Gmail DOES use servers made by humans (smile)

ucak bileti · 9 months ago

gmail is very cool mail platform, i love it
thank you

Ollie · 9 months ago

There was an outage last tuesday as well. Google takes responsibility for them
though: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11775351?source=rss

Mark · 9 months ago

Has anyone had problems with this new security question being posed? I can not read the letter and cannot hear the handicap alternate. I called google and they keep pushing me to a website that I cannot make sense of or post to. Does anyone have a work around for this stuff?

GREAT CUSTOMER SUPPORT GOOGLE. YOU HAVE GROWN TOO BIG AND HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE YOU CAME FROM. YOU ARE MAKING ME A YAHOO CLIENT FOR LIFE.

Mark · 9 months ago

Has anyone had problems with this new security question being posed? I can not read the letter and cannot hear the handicap alternate. I called google and they keep pushing me to a website that I cannot make sense of or post to. Does anyone have a work around for this stuff?

GREAT CUSTOMER SUPPORT GOOGLE. YOU HAVE GROWN TOO BIG AND HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE YOU CAME FROM. YOU ARE MAKING ME A YAHOO CLIENT FOR LIFE.

Jesse · 7 months ago

There is ALWAYS an acceptable percentage of time of interupted service per year. It's usually high 90's. And come on... really? It's free. Try hosting a server in your house and see how many hours out of the year it's up. Your internet could go out, your server hardware could die, your software could crash or become corrupt. It's what we call life. Nothing is perfect.

Richard · 7 months ago

Gmail is down Server Error 500, Numeric Code 67 on my accounts as of 5:00am CST (GMT-6) on 8 May 2009. Nothing on the Gmail blog about it yet.

Rene · 3 months ago

GMAIL is still DOWN for me! at 1:43pm 9/1/09

creditadmin · 3 months ago

gmail just went down today, alot of people freaking out
check this out about google:
http://tinyurl.com/mqdkzo

Name · 2 months ago

It's still down for me.