Gmail NOT WORKING it’s UNAVAIABLE USE IMAP
Ok, flash post today.
Today at 1:30 AM PST Gmail suddenly stopped working. It seems it is unreachable. Google Apps linked applications are also NOT working.
Or simply anyone who’s receiving this :
FIRST A NOTICE FOR EMAIL ADDICTS : PLEASE STAY CALM . DO NOT WORRY. EVERYTHING IS GONNA BE ALRIGHT
The Google’s Gmail support team says the following :
“We’re aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a number of users. This problem occurred at approximately 1.30AM Pacific Time. We’re working hard to resolve this problem and will post updates as we have them. We apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused.”
Anyway, for all those who are experiencing technical problems accessing Gmail or Gmail is absolutely not working, there is a simple workaround :
USE GMAIL VIA IMAP
What, the hell, is IMAP ? Just don’t care ! Using gmail with IMAP means : use gmail with Outlook Express, Thunderbird, Mail, Iphone MAIL or any otherIMAP client.
These are some useful links to configure the main mail clients with GMAIL via IMAP:
Anyway, to configure any client with GMAIL the required settings are the following:
| Incoming Mail (IMAP) Server – requires SSL: | imap.gmail.com Use SSL: Yes Port: 993 |
| Outgoing Mail (SMTP) Server – requires TLS: | smtp.gmail.com (use authentication) Use Authentication: Yes Use STARTTLS: Yes (some clients call this SSL) Port: 465 or 587 |
| Account Name: | your full email address (including @gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com |
| Email Address: | your full Gmail email address (username@gmail.com) Google Apps users, please enter username@your_domain.com |
| Password: | your Gmail password |
Anyway I’m pretty sure everything is gonna be alright in a couple of hours…
YOU, CRAZY EMAIL ADDICT STAY CALM ! STOP HITTING THE REFRESH BUTTON ! SAVE THAT F5 !
As usual hope this is helpful to somebody.
