Gmail down?

[chrissch at adobe.com (Christian Schmuck)]

There is a notice on the Gmail support page (http://mail.google.com/support/):

Status Update
2/24/2009
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.



Christian Schmuck
Data Center and Systems Administrator
Adobe Systems Software Ireland Ltd.
4 - 6 Riverwalk
Citywest Business Campus
Saggart, D24
Ireland
+353 1 242 6781 
86781 (Internal)
christian at adobe.com

Adobe Systems Software Ireland Limited 
Registered office: 4 - 6 Riverwalk, Citywest Business Park, Saggart, Dublin 24 , Ireland?? 
Company Number: 344992



-----Original Message-----
From: Tobias Bartholdi [mailto:t.bartholdi at msc-gmbh.ch] 
Sent: 24 February 2009 11:12
To: Stephane Bortzmeyer; Hank Nussbacher
Cc: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: RE: Gmail down?

yup, down in switzerland too... 

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephane Bortzmeyer [mailto:bortzmeyer at nic.fr] 
Sent: Dienstag, 24. Februar 2009 12:12
To: Hank Nussbacher
Cc: nanog at nanog.org
Subject: Re: Gmail down?

Indeed, down for me too, from France:

% telnet mail.google.com http
Trying 72.14.221.19...
Connected to googlemail.l.google.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
GET / HTTP/1.0
Host: mail.google.com


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