Google Drops IMAP Support? Gmail & Google Apps Stop Functioning

It appears that Google is having major issues with their email server. In the past 15 minutes, I received a few phones, tons of twits, and found a fast growing Google Groups thread about Google removing IMAP from their email settings options. This seems to be a major issue, where hundreds of Gmail users can […]

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It appears that Google is having major issues with their email server. In the past 15 minutes, I received a few phones, tons of twits, and found a fast growing Google Groups thread about Google removing IMAP from their email settings options.

This seems to be a major issue, where hundreds of Gmail users can no longer use Gmail or their email on Google Apps. If you login to your Gmail account and click on “settings,” you may notice that the IMAP option is gone. Here is a screen capture:


Gmail Drops IMAP?

Also, Rudd sent me a screen capture of errors he is receiving via Outlook when trying to connect to Google’s IMAP servers:

Gmail Drops IMAP?

This issue still seems to be going on about 30 minutes later. I hope it gets fixed shortly. This issue is incredibly widespread and I personally notified several of my Google contacts.

Updating as I learn more…It seems like it is not just Gmail issues with IMAP, but also with Google Talk.

We’re back: At 4:30pm (EST), about 45 minutes later, IMAP support is now back.


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Barry Schwartz
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Barry Schwartz is a Contributing Editor to Search Engine Land and a member of the programming team for SMX events. He owns RustyBrick, a NY based web consulting firm. He also runs Search Engine Roundtable, a popular search blog on very advanced SEM topics. Barry can be followed on Twitter here.

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