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Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by Terretta »

ltnately wrote: post #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 sen…

What kind of mechanism for USA-based email service causes email delays for 50% of Gmail users due to an undersea cable?

Not disputing, just curious about cause and effect here, and Gmail architecture.

Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by thrownaway2424 »

Terretta wrote: post #21
ltnately wrote: post #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 sen…

What kind of mechanism for USA-based email service causes email delays for 50% of Gmail users due to an undersea cable? Not disputing, just curious about cause and effect here, and Gmail architecture.

http://www.google.com/about/datacenters/inside/locations/ind...

Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by busterc »

Worse than an outage, I got this dreaded email from Google a few hours ago. I hope there isn't some sort of attack going on:

Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account - xxx@gmail.com.

We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account.

Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by throwit1979 »

Terretta wrote: post #21
ltnately wrote: post #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 sen…

What kind of mechanism for USA-based email service causes email delays for 50% of Gmail users due to an undersea cable? Not disputing, just curious about cause and effect here, and Gmail architecture.

Wild guess: google routes non-latency-critical US traffic like SMTP outside the US so the NSA's beam splitters can more easily claim intercepted domestic data as "international".

Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by busterc »

busterc wrote: post #23

Worse than an outage, I got this dreaded email from Google a few hours ago. I hope there isn't some sort of attack going on: Someone recently tried to use an application to sign in to your Google Account - xxx@gmail.com. We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account.

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We prevented the sign-in attempt in case this was a hijacker trying to access your account.

Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by fjabre »

So does this mean we've lost some emails forever or does this mean we'll get the emails eventually just delayed?

EDIT: I have an email currently lost in limbo. 3 hours delayed and counting. Not sure if it will ever get delivered.

Re: Gmail service disruption

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Post by alternize »

fjabre wrote: post #26

So does this mean we've lost some emails forever or does this mean we'll get the emails eventually just delayed? EDIT: I have an email currently lost in limbo. 3 hours delayed and counting. Not sure if it will ever get delivered.

emails started to pour in here... some with roughly 4hrs delay.
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