Gmail, the popular webmail that offers over 2 gigs of storage space (and counting) has been experiencing outages again, frustrating users for hours– even up to a day.
Some of the users experiencing the outages have tried to contact Google without luck or responses to messages. I checked out Google Groups to see what some of the account holders had to say. Obtaining a “live.com” e-mail account was mentioned as one solution to the problem. With all of the excitement of the new live.com domain, Gmail needs to ensure these outages don’t occur again. I’m a dedicated gmail account holder, but would be very frustrated if I wasn’t able to access my e-mail for such a long time!
I haven’t been having any trouble accessing my Gmail account.
I haven’t had any troubles lately either *knock on wood*! I have had some outages that lasted a few hours in the past and it is always right when you need it the most.
I don’t know how GMail works exactly but I think it might just be certain servers that are not functioning.
-Ryan
Since I got my account I don’t recall any outage (member since 8/31/04). And I check my email three to four times a day. I had an hotmail account, that got upgraded to the live.com storage but I still want all my stuff to be Gmail. It’s one for an other, but thats part of the inconditionnal affection I have for Google. However, just like any web server, ISP POP3 or any service at all in this world is never 100% reliable, you have to pick “the less of two evils”. And when I think Microsoft and Google I part with Google.