TECHNOLOGY
Users of Google’s email service Gmail on Wednesday suffered an outrage which the company said was working to resolve.
Users of Google’s email service Gmail on Wednesday suffered an outrage which the company said was working to resolve.
Hundreds of Gmail users took to social media to complain about the outage in the service, with #Gmail and #GmailDown becoming top trends on Twitter.
Gmail's social media account also responded to users who complained about the issue.
"Thanks for reporting. We are aware of the issue and are working on a fix. Appreciate your patience," the email service provider said in a response to a Twitter user.
Some users complained that the issue was specific to a particular internet service provider.
The internet was flooded with memes and jokes about the outage with Twitter users using #Gmail and #GmailDown trends to covey their frustration.
Here are some of the tweets:
#Gmail server is down
— ︎ (@PareshanLadka) July 1, 2020
Me and my bois when boss is telling us to check the mail for work: pic.twitter.com/QvTEhj1ePe
Time to mail presentation to Manager
— YU S UF (@khanyusuf8896) July 1, 2020
Suddenly #Gmail stops working
Me: pic.twitter.com/7XGaLnD6AG
After #Gmail servers go down!!
— Ramkishor Chaudhary (@Ramkishor8875) July 1, 2020
Guys working at home: pic.twitter.com/HdiAZoIjeL
#Gmail भी बैन कर दिया क्या??
— OnlyTushar® (@onlytusharJ) July 1, 2020
Gmail is by far the most used email service and an outage affects millions of users.
Some users tweeted that the service was working on mobile networks, but not broadband networks.