is gmail down?

just trying to figure out if its this computer, or if gmail is the problem

4/21/2006 12:06:07 AM

no

4/21/2006 12:06:28 AM

well, thats craptastic

cant get to a board of nursing website either

4/21/2006 12:07:55 AM

Has gmail ever been down?

4/21/2006 12:25:56 AM

yes

4/21/2006 2:00:30 AM

gmail is workin for me, as always...

4/21/2006 11:57:19 AM

Quote :

"craptastic"

-ZiP!-

4/21/2006 1:16:58 PM

-Gran!teBaLLs-

4/21/2006 1:26:26 PM

mine's not working, but it's probably the computer's fault... its a crappy work computer. when i go to gmail, it opens 12 windows asking if i want to save "loading.htm" to my computer

4/21/2006 1:30:14 PM

thunderbird is working fine.

4/21/2006 1:31:04 PM

regarding thunderbird,

do you have to specify and outgoing mail server?

i am always concerned about that

i dont think i have one, because i'm using someone else's ISP connection

-ZiP!-

4/21/2006 1:43:22 PM

well, yeah, you always have to - if you're going to send mail, at least. if you're only receiving mail, you don't have to

there are free smtp servers out there, though.

[Edited on April 21, 2006 at 3:25 PM. Reason : .]

4/21/2006 3:24:45 PM

you do not need an SMTP server to send to the internet.

your mail client should be smart enough to find the correct mail host vix MX records and send it directly to the other end.

The only reasons you would ever need to go thru another SMTP server before it hits the end are:
a) for some reason you cant do mx lookups
b) you need to do server side conversion or filtering.

Open smtp servers are the reason spam exists

4/21/2006 3:30:14 PM

lol what mail client are you using? outlook won't even let me press "OK" without that smtp field filled in

4/21/2006 3:41:32 PM