Gmail down

Tue Jul 5 15:54:18 UTC 2016

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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