# Anyone else having problems with Gmail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 4, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049 "2006-03-04T16:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/1 "2006-03-04T16:05:22Z")
I haven’t been able to connect for two hours. The rest of the Web seems to be working fine. DoS attack? My DNS server (actually, I think I eliminated this by trying to ping it, and it did resolve an IP address). Or is it something to do with the Gmail/Googlemail dispute in the UK? Anyone else having problems? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/2 "2006-03-04T16:11:43Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > Anyone else having problems? Nope. Just checked my mail, and had spam, although no actual mail. 11:11 AM EST Tris ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/3 "2006-03-04T16:16:11Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > I haven’t been able to connect for two hours. The rest of the Web seems to be working fine. DoS attack? My DNS server (actually, I think I eliminated this by trying to ping it, and it did resolve an IP address). Or is it something to do with the Gmail/Googlemail dispute in the UK? > > Anyone else having problems? My Gmail is fine here, **Jjimm**. I’ll go and log on to my Gogglemail as opposed to Gmail address and see how that goes. approx 16.14. GMT ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/4 "2006-03-04T16:19:27Z")
Still no luck. This is rather irritating. Perhaps it’s my broadband provider (BT). ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/5 "2006-03-04T16:19:45Z")
Have you tried using [mail.google.com](http://mail.google.com) rather than [www.gmail.com](http://www.gmail.com)? For a while only the former address connected, though both work now. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/6 "2006-03-04T16:22:13Z")
Gmail is working fine here too. ---
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/7 "2006-03-04T16:23:03Z")
Just checked - for me, both Gmail and Googlemail are working fine. My ISP is NTL, if that makes any difference. But it shouldn’t be a general UK thing - sorry, I think it’s some special gremlins attacking **Jjimm** ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/8 "2006-03-04T16:29:16Z")
> [@Celyn](#): > > Just checked - for me, both Gmail and Googlemail are working fine. My ISP is NTL, if that makes any difference. But it shouldn’t be a general UK thing - sorry, I think it’s some special gremlins attacking **Jjimm** ☹ Not only **Jjimm** but me too. Been down for about four hours now. Other Google services appear to be unaffected. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/9 "2006-03-04T16:33:09Z")
It came back up about five minutes ago. I had tried [mail.google.com](http://mail.google.com), [gmail.google.com](http://gmail.google.com), [www.googlemail.com](http://www.googlemail.com) and the IP address, but none worked. Strange. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/10 "2006-03-04T16:35:18Z")
Another thought, I am on BT too, nothing else appears to be affected though. Other than YouSendIt, can’t remember my login details anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-problems-with-gmail/347049/11 "2006-03-04T16:51:10Z")
Yep, mine just came back up again too.