GOOGLE has apologised after its internet mail service Gmail stopped working, leaving users unable to access their email accounts.
The service went out of action in Manchester at 11am on Tuesday and the problem affected users worldwide but it was fixed around lunchtime.
Over 113 million people use this email service provided by Google worldwide, according to industry analysts.
Professional Gmail users are covered by a service agreement promising to be 99.9% operational in any calendar month.
A statement on the Google site said: "Many of our users had difficulty accessing Gmail today. The problem is now resolved and users have had access restored.
"We know how important Gmail is to our users, so we take issues like this very seriously, and we apologize for the inconvenience."
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r8, sheffield (24/02/2009 at 14:23)
Bury Pensioner., Bury. (24/02/2009 at 14:41)
JTC Formerley JimC (24/02/2009 at 15:04)
gor, mcr (24/02/2009 at 15:12)
MPs gravy train, UK (24/02/2009 at 15:21)
Last Autumn Orange (was previously known as Freeserve)lost email service for 3 whole days across the UK. They forgot to apologise though.
Manah, USA (24/02/2009 at 15:33)
Justin The Great, manchester (24/02/2009 at 16:08)
irrelevant, Salford (24/02/2009 at 16:19)