# Google mail problems?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 11, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672 "2008-08-11T22:28:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672/1 "2008-08-11T22:28:22Z")

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Is anybody else getting gmail problems? I access my account by IMAP, and within the last month I’ve been unable to login every few days. When I go to the gmail site and try to log in, I get a message saying that there’s a server error, something is wrong with my account, and they are working on it.

I’ve been using gmail for quite a while now, and this is the first time I’ve had problems. Is anybody else getting something similar?

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672/2 "2008-08-11T22:29:47Z")

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I was getting the server error as well earlier at work, now I’m at home and no problem.

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672/3 "2008-08-11T23:59:03Z")

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[QUOTE=Revtim]  
I was getting the server error as well earlier at work, now I’m at home and no problem.  
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Had earlier - now gone. Unusual for Google to have visible problems.

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672/4 "2008-08-12T00:01:08Z")

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I got that today, and the message wouldn’t go away until I quit restarted the browser.

on edit: of course that has nothing to do with IMAP…

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672/5 "2008-08-12T01:07:45Z")

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Had trouble for the last couple of days. It seems better tonight, but who knows.

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**Author:** ![drewbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drewbert/32/15890_2.png) [@drewbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewbert)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2008, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-mail-problems/459672/6 "2008-08-12T01:13:15Z")

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