A few weeks ago, you may remember that we decided to load test Google's new email service, Gmail. I called on all of you to email me your favorite 5MB attachments to "fillmybox@gmail.com". Well, we did it! My Gmail account is now 102% maxed out.Rose couldn't log in for quite some time and, when he was able to connect, wasn't able to send or receive messages. This is understandable, but what's odd is that Gmail apparently didn't provide any warning of the impending problems. Not clear if this was due to the sudden inrush of email, lack of planning for how to handle account overloads, or (Rose's theory) technical issues related to Gmail's storage system.
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Posted by johndan at July 27, 2004 09:21 AM
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