1 September 2009 23:38 GMT / By Stuart Miles
Gmail users experienced wide scale outages across the globe of the online email service from Google on Tuesday night leading to the usual onslaught of Twitter comments citing the service "down.""We know many of you are having trouble accessing Gmail right now — we are too, and we definitely feel your pain," said Google in a blog post after being compelled to comment on the issue along with thousands of others.
While web users were unable to get access, those using IMAP or POP on their computers or mobile phones were able to get their email as normal.
The service has seen a number of major outages this year and comes as the company continues to try and encourage users to ditch Microsoft and embrace the cloud.
At the time of writing the service appears to be back online.
UPDATE: Google has now said they have fixed the problem:
"We've fixed the issue, and Gmail should be back up and running as usual. We're still investigating the root cause of this outage, and we'll share more information soon. Thanks for bearing with us." Software, Online, Gmail, Google, Twitter
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