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About, Gmail Down
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August 11, 2008: According to reports, Gmail users were unable to log into their accounts for over an hour on Monday. Users received a “Temporary Error (502)” message when trying to log in. 1
If you need to get to your email you can still access the HTML basic version of Gmail. Even the professional Gmail app is down for the first time in 1,5 years. The Google Calendar and other Google apps seem to be working at this moment. 2
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Gmail has been offline for thousands, if not millions, of users since about 5:10pm (EST). It is now 50 minutes later and the system-wide outage is still impacting most Gmail users. 3
The software-as-a-service model, in which applications are hosted centrally by their provider, has generated enthusiasm as an alternative to the traditional approach of having users load and maintain software on their own servers and PCs. Championed by Google and seen as a threat to Microsoft’s core business, this software-as-a-service model, however, has an Achilles heel: availability problems. 4
Gmail is down, Twitter sizzling with the news — Google’s e-mail service Gmail is offline for many users right now. Those wondering if they are alone in experiencing the outage can find comfort on Twitter, which is up and sizzling with Gmail down alerts. 5
More updates: Google’s blogs are strangely silent on the topic, but the Gmail Help Discussion in Google Groups has the official updates about the outage. Also, some users are reporting that Gmail is working for them again. 6
The real issue is — why hasn’t Google blogged about it yet? It’s been down for at least an hour. More than 50 bloggers have already mentioned it. 7
In messages posted to a Google Help discussion thread, Google said the issue was fixed. It took engineers about one hour to pinpoint the problem and another hour to solve it. 8
Google’s e-mail service Gmail is offline for many users right now. Those wondering if they are alone in experiencing the outage can find comfort on Twitter, which is up and sizzling with Gmail down alerts. 9
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