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Gmail was down
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#162It is back for me in Missouri, USA.
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#163Why is there no alternative webmail of the caliber of gmail? Is it a difficult problem? If there were such an alternative, all they would need to do is wait until gmail fouls up, as they did here. Then they'd have a flood of new users. I can imagine a few reasons why there currently isn't an alternative, like network effects stemming from your contact list, or the fact that you'd have to change your email address eve…
A better question is, why isn't there an open source webmail service like gmail that can be run on a server you control? My lab uses Gmail for business, and the outage took us down too. I just want to be able to run an email server that has conversation features, contacts, XMPP chat, etc, but isn't Microsoft Exchange
You could use Kolab:
Re: Gmail was down
#164Why is there no alternative webmail of the caliber of gmail? Is it a difficult problem? If there were such an alternative, all they would need to do is wait until gmail fouls up, as they did here. Then they'd have a flood of new users. I can imagine a few reasons why there currently isn't an alternative, like network effects stemming from your contact list, or the fact that you'd have to change your email address eve…
A better question is, why isn't there an open source webmail service like gmail that can be run on a server you control? My lab uses Gmail for business, and the outage took us down too. I just want to be able to run an email server that has conversation features, contacts, XMPP chat, etc, but isn't Microsoft Exchange
I think an even better question may be, why isn't there a decentralized approach to email to compete with centralized alternatives like Gmail.
Imagine that you could still use your email when Gmail goes down, but you would lose a lot of features like autocomplete, search, recommended recipients, etc.
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#165It's back up for me.
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#166...and it's back!
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#167Back up.
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#168http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/gmail.com - more accurate than google app status
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#169There are a million "it is down for me" but is it actually up for anyone? A few text messages to friends around the US show they are all affected. Edit: back for me in California, too.
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#170This actually raises a slightly terrifying reality.
How much would someone have to pay you to never again recover your gMail account? I would demand just an absurd payout to willingly walk away right now, with all those contacts, messages, unread e-mails, organization, etc...
Scary how much faith we put in this free service.