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Re: Gmail service disruption

#11
"The email delays are affecting less than 50% of Gmail users."

That is a HUGE change from 0.024% this has been changed from a "Service disruption" to a "Service outage".

Also, not sure if it is dependent on your Google login, but mine are all in EST.

Re: Gmail service disruption

#12
post #9

TIMEZONE! I wish they (and others) would include timezone information. I always have to second-guess if its PST, EST, GMT or something else.

Does list timezone info at bottom of page. It appears that it might display time based on browser's timezone.

Re: Gmail service disruption

#13
post #9

TIMEZONE! I wish they (and others) would include timezone information. I always have to second-guess if its PST, EST, GMT or something else.

Bottom of the page: "All times are shown in your local timezone unless otherwise noted."

Re: Gmail service disruption

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post #11

"The email delays are affecting less than 50% of Gmail users." That is a HUGE change from 0.024% this has been changed from a "Service disruption" to a "Service outage". Also, not sure if it is dependent on your Google login, but mine are all in EST.

PST is broken too - all my clients are PST and most are effected. About half are paid, others are grandfathered free accounts and I see no appreciable difference.

Re: Gmail service disruption

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post #10
post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

500 million * 0.00024 = 120,000

It's been updated to say "less than 50% of Gmail users" now. We're seeing it across most/all of our accounts.

Based on my experience this morning, I'd say that 15% of our 300 or so Gmail users over about 25 domains were effected. In my opinion, their initial estimate was way too low and seemed dismissive.

Re: Gmail service disruption

#16
This is really killing my productivity today. I don't like being so reliant on email, but I work remotely, so it's a necessary evil. Having worked in operations for prominent companies, I sympathize with the gmail team right now, but my patience is wearing thin with the problem approaching the 5 hour mark.

Re: Gmail service disruption

#17
post #11

"The email delays are affecting less than 50% of Gmail users." That is a HUGE change from 0.024% this has been changed from a "Service disruption" to a "Service outage". Also, not sure if it is dependent on your Google login, but mine are all in EST.

PST is broken too - all my clients are PST and most are effected. About half are paid, others are grandfathered free accounts and I see no appreciable difference.

I'm in Nicaragua and having issues with free accounts and apps accounts.

Re: Gmail service disruption

#18
I've had issues getting steadily worse all day across domain since ~9 am est or so. I just received this from Google as part of an auto reply to support ticket.

"Thanks for your patience.

Please read below for updates on the status of your issue:

Updates since last message:

This issue has been partially resolved for some users. We expect it to be fully resolved within the next hour. The issue caused severe delays sending emails, especially emails with large attachments. It also caused delays in loading Drive files with large images.

The delays were caused because of a problem with an undersea cable. All parties involved are actively working to: 1) Redirect traffic and add additional capacity to resolve the immediate issue. 2) Fix the problem with the faulty undersea cable. "

Re: Gmail service disruption

#20
I was wondering why my emails on my phone weren't going through of a server I took pictures of this morning, and then I was getting 'rejected by server' emails after that.

Here I was blaming iOS 7.

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