of gmail is down

Gmail down and out: Gmail is down.

GMAIL IS PROVING to be more of a G-Fail this morning, with the web based email service down worldwide for at least 30 minutes (and counting as we type). Google has fessed up to the fact it's having "issues" but promises it is "working to resolve the problem". Luckily the phone lines weren't down. Gurgle won't say how many people or regions are being affected by the outage, but judging by the outrage on micro-blogging sites like Twitter, the firm will need to apologise in about 50 different languages. Mon dieu!

Visit the Help Center for updates on the situation. The status update as of today says

2/24/2009
We're aware of a problem with Gmail affecting a number of users. This problem occurred at approximately 1.30AM Pacific Time. We're working hard to resolve this problem and will post updates as we have them. We apologize for any inconvenience that this has caused.