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If gmail creates a listserv to send us important information about service problems with gmail, won’t it be ironic that we can’t read the email notices because we can’t get anything except a “Google Server Error” message whenever we try to reach our gmail account? I think I have too many eggs in this basket.

by Garth on March 27, 2007 at 11:50 am #

Hi Google is aware of the problem. This only affects some users. Remember to back up.. I have added a link to a solution on my
GMAIL outage post

by Andre on March 27, 2007 at 12:12 pm #

You can not open gmail right now. When you select the page it just makes a clicking sound and will not open.

by Joe Radmacher on June 28, 2008 at 1:28 pm #

Jeez…Google Mail is just about the most unreliable service I’ve ever used. At least once a week I cannot connect to their IMAP server. And it’s just about impossible to find help or system status…as is the case at this moment.

by Mike on September 16, 2008 at 1:23 pm #

Agreed. The problem, though, is not necessarily the service’s reliability–stuff happens, and we all knew we were subscribing to a cutting-edge, beta service (or did they finally pull Gmail out of beta?). The big problem is Google’s lack of communication–they have no status page, no way of contacting them, no way of reporting an outage, and no admission of fault on their part. I understand that desire from a PR perspective–they like to remain secretive, kind of like Apple likes to do–but my trust in the company is significantly lower because of this. But what do we do–we use the brand anyway because the positives still outweigh the negatives. For now.

by Chris on November 18, 2008 at 6:10 pm #

Please tell how to get “Recent mails” for Gmail (imap.gmail.com), i tried with NOOP (imap command) but everytime getting “No Recent” mail for Gmail.

any idea…

Thanks in advance..

by Bhupesh on February 10, 2009 at 4:39 am #

Gmail (imap.gmail.com) is not responding correctly for the NOOP command.

Everytime sending “NO RECENT” if any new mails (recent mails) are there too.

Please suggests anything..for that…

Thanks in advance
Bhupeshp

Bangalore

by Bhupesh on February 10, 2009 at 4:42 am #

Hmm… I hate blogs that do not display a post date and time…

by No date/time! on February 24, 2009 at 3:27 am #

It’s official, Gmail is down again. It’s been down for over an hour now… (@ticketchoice)

by Jeremy Reitman on February 24, 2009 at 4:25 am #

Yea it’s down, why don’t they have a system status page?

by Jimmy T on February 24, 2009 at 4:40 am #

@No date/time! – Look at the URL.

by jfish on February 24, 2009 at 4:48 am #

Gmail is down. We can’t access it.

by Rex Hunt on April 14, 2009 at 2:30 am #

Gmail is down again. Any updates?

by Mr Singapore on April 16, 2009 at 7:11 pm #

Gmail is down again, and has been for the past 24 hours. Any updates? News? Anyone?

by Mr Singapore on April 16, 2009 at 7:12 pm #

down today, whole day

by Poo Patel on May 19, 2009 at 6:53 am #

the gmail status listed as an update to the first page is also DOWN

by OneEye on June 8, 2009 at 12:02 pm #

OK finally got to http://www.google.com/appsstatus# but it shows no problem, yet I can’t get to GMail regular or GApps Gmail

by OneEye on June 8, 2009 at 12:08 pm #

Yes, down now again.

by Lars on July 21, 2009 at 6:15 pm #

GMAIL is down today, can’t access from mobile

by Dandiesel on July 22, 2009 at 9:27 am #

Gmail seems to be having some serious problems…

by Brock on July 23, 2009 at 6:55 am #

Gmail down again??? Can’t access any google pages…

by W. West on August 20, 2009 at 12:47 am #

gmail down today…wtf….internal server error/.

by Balomor on September 1, 2009 at 1:08 pm #

Fyi, I added the google status page as an iframe to this post…

by Duncan on September 1, 2009 at 1:16 pm #

Does anyone know how long it usually takes for Google to restore Gmail once it’s down like this? Please reply. Thanks!

by ValueRays on September 1, 2009 at 1:22 pm #

– still waiting.

by ParkRidgeUnderground on September 1, 2009 at 1:24 pm #

I wonder how much Google searches for ‘gmail alternative’ skyrocket when gMail goes down.

I’m fine connecting using IMAP. It’s just weird w/o web interface.

by Brie on September 1, 2009 at 1:29 pm #

What up Google?? Gmail down at 4:30pm EST!!!!

by Eric on September 1, 2009 at 1:32 pm #

so weird………gmail down again….any idea when it will get restored ?

by Murali on September 1, 2009 at 1:37 pm #

I’m new to Gmail. Does THIS happen OFTEN?

by ValueRays on September 1, 2009 at 1:39 pm #

will I miss incoming emails will Gmail is down?

by Chris on September 1, 2009 at 1:39 pm #

SO super lame.. WTF gmai. I am trying to chat at work and your putting the brakes on that one..

by steve on September 1, 2009 at 1:44 pm #

The status page reads 8/31/09 — not exactly up-to-date…

by Mikey on September 1, 2009 at 1:47 pm #

WTF GMAIL?!?!?!

by Fred on September 1, 2009 at 1:49 pm #

Shit… I have to fly tomorrow and need my information. Damn I now realise how dependent I am on gmail to live.

by Jojo Mcbean on September 1, 2009 at 1:49 pm #

Gmail…. i kill you….

by Freddy FatFingers on September 1, 2009 at 1:52 pm #

The NSA & CIA shut it down and is reading all your nasties…. I’d leave the country yah dirty freaks…

by Spook on September 1, 2009 at 1:54 pm #

i need a new email host…. any recommendations?

by Hello? on September 1, 2009 at 1:55 pm #

AHHHH.. my face is on fire… and I can’t send 911 a gmail to come put it out…

by Jimmy Titas on September 1, 2009 at 1:57 pm #

Mikey, look at the left side of the status page and try again.

by Chris on September 1, 2009 at 1:57 pm #

Necesito mi cuenta de correo… please….

by Colocha on September 1, 2009 at 2:03 pm #

this sucks ass!!!! gmail sucks ass! going back to hotmail!!!

by Max on September 1, 2009 at 2:07 pm #

I think it may be back up…just got email through crackberry.

by dmair on September 1, 2009 at 2:09 pm #

May people like me are dependent on Google mails for very important tasks. If some thing happens like this, people are becoming impatient. Hope google maintenance people will trouble shoot server outage and keep gmail on track..

keep the good work guys……..

by Gopi on September 1, 2009 at 2:19 pm #

Well I have been using gmail since 2005, and I can count the outages that have affected me on one hand. So it is still more reliable than a lot of the alternatives.

Sadly, I have not yet migrated to gears based offline gmail, or else I could still work. This might make me do that. …but I’m not setting up IMAP for one afternoon.

I do agree that Google the company has a big PR problem. They remain silent even when there is a crisis, they give out information but not in an obvious way, and they never seem to have any humans in the building. I’ve been there, I know there are people in the building! They need to hire at least one person to smooth these sorts of things out with the users.

by Matt on September 1, 2009 at 2:20 pm #

Looks like gmail is back online.

by Duncan on September 1, 2009 at 2:25 pm #

This is on the status page:

“We will provide an update by 1 September 2009 06:30:00 UTC+12 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change.”

It is 9:29 + 12UTC now. Where is the update. When will things be back online? I have a business to run.

by dinther on September 1, 2009 at 2:29 pm #

I have no web availability but IMAP & SMTP are working nicely through Thunderbird, despite the pain Gmail is still my best option for portability

by Webcapino on September 1, 2009 at 2:30 pm #

down again. all dang morning.

by Alana on September 14, 2009 at 8:44 am #

It’s not down for me at the moment. If all else fails try connecting via POP:

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

by Duncan on September 15, 2009 at 10:14 am #

Looks like gmail is down yet again!

by thelastminute on September 24, 2009 at 7:49 am #

Looks like gmail is down yet again!

by Duncan on September 24, 2009 at 2:49 pm #

Looks like gmail is down yet again!

by Duncan on September 24, 2009 at 2:49 pm #

Is gmail down right now? The “status” page indicates it isn't, but I tried 3 different browsers to no avail.

by Matt on October 20, 2009 at 10:22 am #

Seems to be working fine for me.

by thelastminute on October 20, 2009 at 10:50 am #

It's working for me.

by thelastminute on October 20, 2009 at 10:50 am #

Is gmail down right now? The “status” page indicates it isn't, but I tried 3 different browsers to no avail.

by Matt on October 20, 2009 at 5:22 pm #

Is gmail down right now? The “status” page indicates it isn't, but I tried 3 different browsers to no avail.

by Matt on October 20, 2009 at 5:22 pm #

Seems to be working fine for me.

by Duncan on October 20, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

Seems to be working fine for me.

by Duncan on October 20, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

It's working for me.

by Duncan on October 20, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

It's working for me.

by Duncan on October 20, 2009 at 5:50 pm #

my gmail log in wont work, and I am just learning how to use a computer. I tried to change my gmail, and it says I was successful, but when I go to log on with my new gmail, I cant get past password.I dont even know how to retrieve any gmail messages. Please help!

by Diana C. Ahmad on December 4, 2009 at 7:59 pm #

my gmail log in wont work, and I am just learning how to use a computer. I tried to change my gmail, and it says I was successful, but when I go to log on with my new gmail, I cant get past password.I dont even know how to retrieve any gmail messages. Please help!

by Diana C. Ahmad on December 5, 2009 at 3:59 am #

my gmail log in wont work, and I am just learning how to use a computer. I tried to change my gmail, and it says I was successful, but when I go to log on with my new gmail, I cant get past password.I dont even know how to retrieve any gmail messages. Please help!

by Diana C. Ahmad on December 5, 2009 at 3:59 am #

my gmail log in wont work, and I am just learning how to use a computer. I tried to change my gmail, and it says I was successful, but when I go to log on with my new gmail, I cant get past password.I dont even know how to retrieve any gmail messages. Please help!

by Diana C. Ahmad on December 5, 2009 at 3:59 am #

I was trying to log in my gmail a minute ago, it failed and username and password went blank, tried again went blank again. tried again now cant even load the log in page, damnit!

by Steve on January 14, 2010 at 6:54 pm #

I was trying to log in my gmail a minute ago, it failed and username and password went blank, tried again went blank again. tried again now cant even load the log in page, damnit!

by Steve on January 14, 2010 at 6:54 pm #

I was trying to log in my gmail a minute ago, it failed and username and password went blank, tried again went blank again. tried again now cant even load the log in page, damnit!

by Steve on January 14, 2010 at 6:54 pm #

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by Amjedsiddiqui on July 3, 2010 at 8:33 am #