to have another email account for emergencies like this. There are so many options to get a free one, that you can't complain it's too expensive.
If you paid for your google account, see their conditions about liability for outages and getting money back.
If it's free, probable their liability is $0,00. You can't expect more, can you?
Kees
Its September 1 2009 Around 3.15 Pm EST. I was working on my emails and forwarding mails to my clients from my Google Apps/Business account, i suddenly see Error Occoured.
Server Error
The server encountered a temporary error and could not complete your request.
Please try again in 30 seconds.
I have to send this email out to my customer immediately as he needs something from me, i cant reach him out because of this Outage?
Is there something i am doing wrong or Google APPS is down? i need to get an answer.
Thanks,
Jay Mehta

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