Gmail Account Maintenance

I went to check my gmail this morning (as all obsessive-compulsive internet-born geeks do first thing in the morning) and I was treated with this:

We’re currently performing some unexpected maintenance on your account. While we can’t predict exactly how long it will take, we’re working as quickly as we can to restore access to your email’apologies for the inconvenience.

If you have questions, please contact us at gmail-maintenance@google.com.

Hmm, that’s not happiness. So I figure I’ll send them an email (luckily I have 5 other email accounts) and see what the problem is. Unfortunately all I get in reply is this nice automated email message.

Hello,

Your Gmail account has been disabled due to a technical issue. Our engineers are working diligently to find a solution so that you can regain access to your account. Unfortunately, we cannot offer an exact timeframe of when your account will be re-enabled. Please try logging in to your Gmail account again in a few days.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and we thank you for your patience during our limited test of Gmail.

Sincerely,

The Gmail Team

Please try logging into my Gmail account in a few days?! Have the Gmail staff even used email lately? Maybe I’m just an obsessive exception, but not having access to my email for a few days is like not having access to oxygen for a few hours.

And I’m very disappointed in their lame excuse of ‘our limited test of Gmail.’ Is that why it still says Beta after being available to the public for over a year? So they can lean on that anytime something goes wrong? Shameful.