# Why will Firefox not let me access Gmail? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 11, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374 "2007-10-11T19:19:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/1 "2007-10-11T19:19:55Z")
Whenever I type in Gmail in the Firefox browser, it always says Firefox cannot make a connection to the server. Why does it say that? Is there any way I can remedy it? (I’d doubt it.) ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/2 "2007-10-11T19:22:17Z")
Are you sure Firefox is the problem? Have you test it with a different browser? ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/3 "2007-10-11T19:44:31Z")
Yes, Internet Explorer will let me do it just fine. The reason I ask about Firefox is that my Internet Explorer is down, so I have to post and all that stuff from Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![G41184B](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/87869e/32.png) [@G41184B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G41184B)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/4 "2007-10-11T19:58:28Z")
Firefox does not send me to gmail unless I type [gmail.com](http://gmail.com) in the address bar. My guess is that your internet explorer was set to autoforward to the top search result and firefox is not. Can you get to gmail if you type [www.gmail.com](http://www.gmail.com) into the address bar? ---
**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/5 "2007-10-11T20:02:38Z")
Never had a problem with Firefox/Gmail on a whole variety of computers and operating systems but I do ues different browsers to access different accounts at the same time. Try [Maxthon](http://www.maxthon.com/) as an alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/6 "2007-10-11T20:06:43Z")
Firefox takes me to gmail with this url: [http://mail.google.com/mail/](http://mail.google.com/mail/) Tris ---
**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/7 "2007-10-11T20:16:12Z")
What do you mean by “Internet Explorer is down”? Perhaps there is a common cause for both problems. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@Captain\_Socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Socks)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/8 "2007-10-11T21:53:58Z")
Nothing’s working! ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2007, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-will-firefox-not-let-me-access-gmail/422374/9 "2007-10-11T22:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Socks] Nothing’s working! [/QUOTE] Your connection is obviously working. Has somebody else maybe been using your computer? If so, just wipe cookies and login from scratch.