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  • #590315
    yenta101
    Member

    hi!! is anyone else having trouble logging into gmail right now? ive been trying for the last 15/20 minutes and i can’t seem to get on, it keeps telling me gmail is having an error!! anyone else?

    #667460
    Y.W. Editor
    Keymaster

    Same problem here 🙂

    #667461
    mepal
    Member

    yup! 😉

    #667462
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    I

    #667463
    ml
    Member

    Yup I have the same problem. I’m sure google will have it back up in no time.

    #667464
    Joseph
    Participant

    I

    #667465
    nameless
    Member

    yup-;(

    #667466
    Joseph
    Participant

    Gmail users were unable to get to their accounts on Tuesday as an outage struck the Google e-mail service.

    “We’re aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a small subset of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail,” Google said at 11:12 a.m. PDT on its Google Apps status dashboard after it discovered the error.

    At 11:28 a.m. PDT, some good news arrived: “Google Mail service has already been restored for some users, and we expect a resolution for all users in the near future.”

    However, two hours later, the problems persisted for some, and the Twittersphere was abuzz with griping.

    The problems appeared to affect the Web-based version of the service, but accounts could be reached using third-party e-mail software that used the IMAP, or Internet Message Access Protocol, interface.

    Gmail is used by tens of millions of people, and its fast growth carried it past AOL’s e-mail service into third place, according to ComScore.

    Google didn’t immediately comment on the scope and cause of the outage. It’s not the first Gmail outage this year.

    Google Apps customers, who pay $50 per user per year, get extensions of their service contracts, if their services are down for longer than a certain duration. The dashboard showed only mail to have troubles, not other Google Apps services, such as Google Calendar, Google Talk, and Google Docs.

    Outages pose problems for Google, as it tries to persuade companies to buy into its cloud-computing vision, in which applications are hosted on the Internet rather than on corporate computers. But Google argues that its service availability is competitive with most organizations’ abilities to run their own e-mail servers.

    #667467
    Joseph
    Participant

    Tuesday, September 01, 2009 1:20 PM PDT

    Google’s Gmail e-mail service is currently down for a majority of its tens of millions of users, the company acknowledged Tuesday afternoon.

    “We’re aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a majority of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail,” reads an alert posted at 3:53 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time in the Google Apps Status Dashboard.

    In that dashboard, Google offers performance and availability information about the online services included in its Apps collaboration and communication suite, such as Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites.

    In the alert, Google said it expects to offer an update on the outage at close to 5 p.m.

    Gmail is one of the most popular webmail services in the world, not only among individuals for personal use but also as a component of Apps, which is designed for use by organizations of all sizes and educational institutions.

    As such, Gmail outages are immediately felt worldwide, especially among people and companies where it used for business communications.

    #667468
    jO jO
    Member

    its down in my office too

    #667469
    Ferd
    Participant

    I see that on Feb 24th, ywn posted a story that gmail suffered a worldwide crash too.

    http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=30901

    #667470
    squeak
    Participant

    hoishea es amecha, u’varech es nachlasecha….

    #667471
    Joseph
    Participant

    Down for a few hours once in 6 months ain’t too bad.

    #667472
    Y.W. Editor
    Keymaster
    #667473
    Joseph
    Participant

    “Users can access their email via IMAP or POP.”

    #667474

    It’s back up

    #667475
    goody613
    Member

    what is imap or pop

    #667476
    justajew
    Participant

    Y.W. Editor:

    Thanks for the helpful link.

    #667477

    It’s back down

    #667478
    yenta101
    Member

    it still isnt working for me! lucky u, mod 80!

    #667479
    yenta101
    Member

    never mind! this is craazzzy!

    #667480
    Joseph
    Participant

    lol

    #667481
    squeak
    Participant

    Who needs gmail, anyway 😉 😉 😉

    #667482
    Joseph
    Participant

    “what is imap or pop”

    You can access Gmail via a desktop client (like Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.)

    #667483
    goody613
    Member

    thanx

    #667484
    yenta101
    Member

    how do u do that?

    #667485
    Joseph
    Participant

    Class action lawsuit vs. Google

    Who’s in?

    #667486
    mepal
    Member

    ME!

    #667487
    A600KiloBear
    Participant

    BS”D

    Down here too :(.

    #667488
    yenta101
    Member

    oh yea! i am! just kidding but i really could use my gmail right now!

    #667489
    justajew
    Participant

    Joseph –

    Sure. We can sue for all the money we’ve paid for their quality service. Oh, wait…

    #667490
    goody613
    Member

    tried doing through outlook and “the connection to microsoft exchange server is unavailable. outlook must be online or connected to complete this action”

    #667491

    i still cant access it! How are you all able to get on???

    HELP!

    #667492
    justajew
    Participant

    My Gmail through IMAP is working fine. As is our entire company’s email system, which is running on Google Apps (gmail).

    If you never enabled IMAP in your Gmail preferences, then you can’t turn it on now.

    #667493
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    Joseph- I’m in for the long haul on this one… but I’m suing the CR, not gmail

    The CR convinced me to switch- what do I need this ogmos nefesh for 😉

    #667494

    gmail is back in business. HURRAY!!

    #667495

    what is IMAP? what does it do? how much does it cost?

    #667496

    I GOT ON!!! what was this this crises stemming from?

    #667497
    justajew
    Participant

    IMAP is a way to access email. Basically it synchronizes your mail client (Outlook, Thunderbird, Blackberry, etc), with your mail server (Gmail, in this case).

    There is no cost for Gmail users to enable and use IMAP.

    #667498
    Joseph
    Participant

    hss: IMAP is free from GMail. It is similar to POP3, but much more powerful. It is supported in virtually all desktop clients (like Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird.)

    #667499

    b”h gmail is now working.

    #667500
    areivimzehlazeh
    Participant

    mazel tov

    #667501

    i’m still pleased with gmail service

    #667502

    so if I still want to access my email from gmail.com I can’t use IMOP (or whatever the letters were?)

    #667503
    Joseph
    Participant

    hss: You can use either or both simutaneously.

    #667504

    how do you set something like this up?? thanks for all your help. I am lost when it comes to things like this. I know how to do basics but beyond that I am lost!!

    #667505
    Joseph
    Participant

    Use Microsoft Outlook or Mozilla Thunderbird. Follow the instructions from Google:

    http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=75725

    http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=13287

    #667506
    noitallmr
    Participant

    Judging by the look of things- nearly everyone here is on Gmail inc myself. What was everyone on beforehand?

    Me? I was on Yahoo…and I DON’T miss it!

    #667507
    Joseph
    Participant

    noitall – Isn’t it called “Google Mail” in England (due to another party owning the “Gmail” trademark prior to Google)?

    #667508
    noitallmr
    Participant

    No Joesph we call it Gmail. but if you email to [email protected] it’s like emailing to [email protected]

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