wrote:
> For the last two days my Gmail account has not worked. Is the system
> down?
>
> Sometimes I get in the upper left: Loading... But that's the end of
> it.
>
> On my end the only difference is that I've been trying to access Gmail
> with dial-up access to my otherwise normally DSL account.
>
> Thanks foryour help.
>
Keep in mind Dial-up can be quite a bit slower than DSL... How long have
you waited for it?
It happened to me a couple of times. Each time I just cleared my
browser cache.
The other option is to use Gmail as a POP3 account and access it through
an email client like Thunderbird (or, heaven forbid, Outlook Express).
Here are instructions for:
How to Enable POP3 in Gmail -
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13273
Setting up Gmail with Thunderbird 0.x -
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13285
(You can also use it as a guide for Thunderbird 1.0+, though some
screenshots may appear different)
Setting up Gmail with Outlook Express (Windows) -
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=13276
Configure other email clients -
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/a...y?answer=12103