Gmail down

Tue Jul 5 15:57:45 UTC 2016

You're right, I should have posted to Outages.  That was my mistake.

Josh Luthman
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On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 11:54 AM, J. Oquendo <joquendo at e-fensive.net> wrote:

> On Tue, 05 Jul 2016, Mel Beckman wrote:
>
> > Josh,
> >
> > No, that downdetector.com page is specifically for gmail.
> >
> >  -mel
>
> Unsure about others, but I certainly trust downdetector
> and others versus checking out Google's very own service
> status dashboard (https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=status)
>
> As an aside, as mentioned this is best reported on the
> Outage mailing list versus here on NANOG. $DIETY knows
> these threads can become epic length'd noise. So here is
> what would have been a better bet versus the good old
> 'sky is falling' response.
>
> Step 1) Gmail/Hotmail/Whatever doesn't work on your
> phone
>
> Step 2) Check it on something OTHER than your phone
> where your provider may not be reliable
>
> Step 3) Does it work on something else? If so problem
> solved if not go to step 4
>
> Step 4) Find the provider's page (if availble) and
> see what others are saying. If others state it is up
> for them, but down for you... It may be an issue on
> YOUR network, or your providers.
>
> Step 5) If it is down for EVERYONE on the planet
> post it to Outages amongst the other dozen entries
>
> Step 6) Live life ;) World does not stop because
> Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, even the stock markets
> hiccup.
>
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