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. To track the spread of the outage (and to find out when it is corrected), take a look Twitter Search, which is posting dozens of items a second about the outage.
Not what you expect from Google.
Some Webware readers are reporting that Gmail’s business e-mail service is also down.
Users already logged into Gmail when the outage started may be able to read messages in their in-box, although sending messages generates an error.
Update: Many users are reporting that the straight HTML version of Gmail is still working (some say it does not). Likewise, access via IMAP is still functioning for some users.
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.
Original post by Rafe Needleman and software by Elliott Back
