# Is anybody else having problems with gmail? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 9, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255 "2009-06-09T21:23:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/1 "2009-06-09T21:23:25Z")
Many times lately I’ve gone to gmail both through home and work computers and it’s unavailable. In fact you can count on it “clicking” and not loading about twice a day. Is anybody else having this problem? I’ve wondered if it’s because of Chrome and Wave and the other new gmail features they’re implementing (all in Beta right now I think). ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/2 "2009-06-09T21:35:24Z")
Just a data point: I use gmail, and no, I have not experienced any problems recently. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/3 "2009-06-09T21:37:50Z")
The only problems I’ve had with Gmail I believe are personal connection problems. Nothing with Google in specific. Especially recently, no problems. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2009, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/4 "2009-06-09T21:39:50Z")
Nope, no problems on my end. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/5 "2009-06-10T06:57:27Z")
I am having a problem logging in now. It is asking me to re-enter my password (which it occasionally asks) but when I do, it still won’t log me in. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/6 "2009-06-10T06:59:36Z")
And yet, like magic - I just tried again and all is well. Some kind of odd snafu running through the Internet? I saw another thread commenting on problems with Yahoo mail. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/7 "2009-06-10T07:15:51Z")
This week I’ve actually been a webpage that says the service is currently unavailable, so yea I think something’s going on with it. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/8 "2009-06-10T07:16:24Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > Some kind of odd snafu running through the Internet? I saw another thread commenting on problems with Yahoo mail. Yeah, and Yahoo’s being petulant again. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/9 "2009-06-10T17:44:34Z")
My MIL is having this problem with her home computer, on IE and Firefox, but not on her work computer at all. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/10 "2009-06-10T18:03:57Z")
Gmail still working fine for me. And Yahoo FWIW. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/11 "2009-06-10T20:22:27Z")
It went completely wacky on me earlier today when I was trying to switch from one account to another, saying something about a nonexistent connection and asking if I’d messed with my cookies. When I went to the Google page and clicked on My Account, however, it took me into gmail without any further fuss. ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/12 "2009-06-10T22:28:17Z")
No problems on my end, tho I’ve got a good connection. ---
**Author:** ![tetranz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@tetranz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tetranz)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/13 "2009-06-11T00:13:58Z")
Yes. I’ve found that Gmail reliability has gone down in the last six months or so. More often than previously I find that sending or refreshing takes a long time and I get the “Still Working” notice appearing. It usually gets there eventually. Probably at least once a day my Gmail notifier in Windows reports “Cannot connect” or some such words. It happens both at work and home so I don’t think it’s my connection. ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/14 "2009-06-11T00:27:59Z")
I’ve been getting an error message every time I log in. \* Some Gmail features have failed to load. If this problem persists, try reloading the page, using https, using the older version, or using basic HTML mode. Learn More.\* I’ve tried everything, but nothing brings gmail chat back. Regular email is working fine, though. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2009, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/15 "2009-06-11T16:58:14Z")
I’ve had trouble off and on for the past few months. Some days it’s completely unusable. ---
**Author:** ![Galena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@Galena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galena)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2009, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/16 "2009-06-12T22:38:02Z")
I’ve been having trouble, on and off, for the past couple of weeks also. I’ve seen both the “messed with my cookies” and “some Gmail features have failed to load” errors. At some point, I got a “try connecting to the secure server at https” notice, and that seemed to temporarily fix the problem. I’ve also gotten the extended “still working” notices more often. All of this happens at both home and work. And yes, I check my email entirely too frequently. Why do you ask? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Plan\_B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Plan\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plan_B)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/17 "2009-06-13T03:54:57Z")
Once or twice this week ---
**Author:** ![threnodyangelfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@threnodyangelfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threnodyangelfire)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2009, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-else-having-problems-with-gmail/499255/18 "2009-06-13T04:39:03Z")
I have issue with it about once a day at about 4pm AEST. It’s a joke at the office now.