# Gmail- has it become terribly slow?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-has-it-become-terribly-slow/482887>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 25, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-has-it-become-terribly-slow/482887 "2009-01-25T04:32:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-has-it-become-terribly-slow/482887/21 "2009-01-27T20:40:05Z")

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> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#):
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> UK. I keep getting “Server not available errors” when trying to log in at the website. I also open most of my mail through Thunderbird. At least once a day, it logs me out and says cannot authenticate. It also takes ages to open messages sometimes.
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> It never used to be like this.

Same here except I’m using FireFox and am in the US. Several server errors lately.

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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-has-it-become-terribly-slow/482887/22 "2009-01-29T06:36:28Z")

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> [@ftg](#):
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> Two years old is NOT legacy and many of the problems exist with my _up to date_ browser.
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> Look, try this: From the inbox in Gmail, click on a message, read it, then forget that Gmail is messed up and hit the “back” button. Stuff like that all over the place.
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> Google has been going downhill for years.

It took me back to the inbox, as expected…I suspect there’s something wrong with your computer and not Gmail.

Also, could you elaborate on how they’ve “been going downhill for years”?

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**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-has-it-become-terribly-slow/482887/23 "2009-01-29T06:49:18Z")

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Yeah, back button takes me back to my inbox. What is it doing for **ftg?**

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2009, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gmail-has-it-become-terribly-slow/482887/24 "2009-01-29T10:17:15Z")

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Firefox user – Gmail has maybe a couple of slow patches per day at most. Usually works fine, though.

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