Panic: Gmail turns into Gfail
2009-02-24 14:15
Birgit Ottermann
Cape Town - Users of Google's Gmail are in a flat spin and experiencing a collective nervous breakdown online because they are unable to access their Gmail accounts.
According to nervous twittering and numerous blog entries, the problem kicked in at around 12:20 (10:20 GMT) on Tuesday morning.
Looking at the tweets and moans posted from all over the world, the problem seems to be global.
"Server Error. The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request. Please try again in 30 seconds," reads the message to users, who try to access their mail.
A Google spokesperson told British gadget news and reviews website Pocket Lint that their engineers are working on it but have no clue why the errors are turning up.
The problem seems to be related to the website, as users report that they are still able to access email via their desktop inboxes and phones.
In the meantime, Google posted the following message on its Gmail support site:
"We're aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a small subset of users.
The affected users are unable to access Gmail. We will provide an
update by February 24, 2009 6:30 AM PST detailing when we expect to
resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an
estimate and may change."
At the time of publishing this story, Gmail was still not working.
- News24