Comments on: Gmail Down: 502 Server Error

By: fr33

fr33 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:05:27 +0000

Meh… I didn’t realize this down time on gmail service, may be I did ummm, I think it was when I TRIED TO FREAKING ENTER A. DOZEN TIMES!

Not really, lol. I’m just messing with you GOOGLE, keep your hard work!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:00:29 +0000

I’ve been using Gmail all day today, and quite heavily. I noticed the server error, Googled the error (quite ironically) and realised it was worldwide, and not just at my end. I used IMAP (on my iphone) to continue to access my mail, and logged into my Yahoo account (with all my mail backed up for the last year and a half (sent directly from my Gmail account as a precaution) and by the time I had posted a Twitter update, read what Google had to say about the problem, they had already fixed it! I didn’t worry for a second, and because I don’t take their uptime for granted I had no reason to panic.

If you use email for business, then it’s time to use Gmails handy features to backup, and forward, and access your mail using POP, or IMAP from other mail clients, just in case… cos you just never know….

Should I have written this in a blog or what!? … ha ha ha.

Well I’m not gonna copy and paste it now, it’s staying in the comment!

By: CAROLYN

CAROLYN — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:29:38 +0000

HEY, WE ARE IN TEXAS & OPUR GMAIL HAS BEEN DOWN ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS—–HELP NEED TO WORK! HOPE THEY GET IT FIXED.

By: nikarlo

nikarlo — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:28:01 +0000

Now it works ;)

By: John

John — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:24:34 +0000

You can access gmail via igoogle http://www.google.com/ig/gmailmax, you need to log in first.

By: Prapanj

Prapanj — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:18:20 +0000

Yes, I am experiencing the same, unable to access gmail for the past few minutes. Is that just optimism that they will get things back to norm?

By: Suraj Shrestha

Suraj Shrestha — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:18:20 +0000

I m trying to access my some important emails but its been down since more that 1 hour

By: nancy

nancy — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:16:53 +0000

Can’t get in gmail! Help 911

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:07:24 +0000

Well, this hasn’t caused anything drastic for me yet, but it is F-ing annoying. It’s been broken like this for hours. I can understand something like this maybe breaking for 15-30 minutes at the most, but hours? Really, Google? Outsourcing hosting to India or something? This isn’t the first time either. Seems like maybe they need to take a look at what they’re doing because there are gonna be a TON of pissed off people, and rightfully so. Sure, it’s free, but it is ad supported and billed as very stable, etc.