Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide • Hacker News Board

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by sid » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:08 PM UTC

Australia down as well ... was just about to click on an exciting mail when .. pop !! you are now accessing offline mail :(

waits while twiddles thumb

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by datums » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:08 PM UTC

datums wrote: post #9

I haven't had an issue all day, till you guys mentioned it :) Down on the east coast 4:02pm You can login here. https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=mail&#3...

nvm that only gets you the login screen

Server Error The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.

Please try again in 30 seconds.

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by wwkeyboard » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:09 PM UTC

I wonder what the load on that little machine that's spitting out 502's is right now...

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by rudd » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:10 PM UTC

Huh. GMail is down for me, but GMail's IMAP is still working. I didn't even notice.

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by omouse » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:11 PM UTC

timcederman wrote: post #3

Even Google's internal corporate mail is down. Yikes.

And Microsoft and Yahoo employees bust out the champagne :D

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by ujjwalg » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:11 PM UTC

Mongoose wrote: post #6

All those articles warning against having all your data in the cloud are coming to mind. On the bright side, without email, there's temporarily one less distraction to worry about. http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html

second that. And now techcrunch down too.

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by byrneseyeview » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:12 PM UTC

timcederman wrote: post #3

Even Google's internal corporate mail is down. Yikes.

And Larry and Sergei only answer their phone after two and a half rings!

See, I can do it, too!

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by garply » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:12 PM UTC

Wow, I've been lazy in migrating away from Gmail but this motivates me to do so.

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by ars » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:13 PM UTC

Mongoose wrote: post #6

All those articles warning against having all your data in the cloud are coming to mind. On the bright side, without email, there's temporarily one less distraction to worry about. http://www.paulgraham.com/distraction.html

But if you stored it locally you would still have downtime. Downtime (problems) are inevitable. It's just that only you would notice, so it might not get on the news.

I doubt the actual uptime would be that different for any one person.

Re: Google, Gmail experiencing downtime worldwide

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Sep 01, 2009, 8:13 PM UTC

pluc wrote: post #7

http://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en

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