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GMail Experiences Serious Outage
JacobSteelsmith was one of many readers to note an ongoing problem with Gmail: "As I type this, GMail is experiencing a major outage. The application status page says there is a problem with GMail affecting a majority of its users. It states a resolution is expected within the next 1.2 hours (no, not a typo on my part). However, email can still be accessed via POP or IMAP, but not, it appears, through an Android device such as the G1." It's also affecting corporate users: Reader David Lechnyr writes "We run a hosted Google Apps system and have been receiving 502 Server Error responses for the past hour. The unusual thing about this is that our Google phone support rep (which paid accounts get) indicated that this outage is also affecting Google employees as well, making it difficult to coordinate."
such a large component of libertarians
Weird, I see a large component of libertarian haters who don't even understand what libertarianism is.
The problem is so many companies run Exchange and Outlook, which are complete pieces of shit.
I use Outlook/Exchange at my current job, and just reading a single email can frequently take 30-60 seconds (it takes that long to show up after clicking on it). Luckily, I don't have to read much email as an engineer, or I'd go mad.
You obviously had the power supply fire moments after booting the server, and haven't replaced the power supply yet. That's probably the best idea. Sacrifice a virgin Exchange server to the server room, and leave it's charred ashes as a measure of penitence.
I applaud you and your willingness to set an example. You sir win +1 Internets.
-- I'll try again.
Yeah, you're supposed to hook up the network cables too. (similarly bad version: How do you know if an Exchange server is going to cause problems? It's connected to the internet.)
--I'll try again.
Your email server has a GUI? GAHHHH, the googles, they do nothing!
--I'll not try again. Those were all lousy.
Full disclosure: I actually babysit an Exchange server as part of a SBS 2k3 domain. In 30 days I won't be (there). I don't know if I plan to char the carcass of that beast when I do leave tho, so let's see what the 30th has in store, shall we?
Crap, I guess I gotta start emailing people now and telling them about the transition, huh? Stupid server...
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