It’s not been a good start to the day for a number of Gmail users. The hugely-popular email service, which is used by consumers, schools, Universities and businesses across the UK, is currently suffering a severe outage across the UK and other parts of the world. The outage has been tracked thanks to hundreds of reports from users who rely on the service.
As you might expect, the outage has impact Gmail users’ ability to send and receive emails – with new messages not coming in. There also appears to be some gremlins in the system when trying to attach files, photos, or video files to an email with Gmail simply stating: “Oops, something went wrong.”
According to independent website DownDetector, which tracks outages with online services and web apps by keeping tabs of mentions on social media, hundreds of Gmail users across the UK are struggling to access their email at the moment. Social media sites such as Twitter as now flooded with complaints as users struggle with their Gmail accounts.
One user said: “Who else can’t attach files and send emails on @gmail? #gmaildown”
Whilst another added: “@gmail servers are down cannot do anything without it how long will this continue. #Gmail #Serverdown.
The issue is clearly causing some major headaches for Gmail fans with many venting their frustration at not being able to send important files to contacts.
In a tweet, one angry users said: “Never imagined gmail server would be down. Trying to upload assignment for past hour.”
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