At some point the gmail pop server was up long enough that I got a few messages with time stamps this morning. But it's not up now, and I can't get to the gmail.com website.
Does "http://mail.google.com" actually work? Have you tried using IMAP instead of POP? Have you tried from multiple devices behind your NAT/router/modem/gateway/whatever-they-label-it? Google's outages site doesn't show any recent outages for Gmail. If AT&T had some persistent outage that couldn't be fixed, it'd have made the news by now. So, I suspect something more localized. Here's a couple of basic suggestions:
1) Have you considered unplugging your NAT/router for a couple minutes, then plugging back in? There's a few reasons why I suggest ts, apart from watching The IT Crowd. :)
- you may end up with a different IP address, which might matter for Google's load balancing (and no, tracert won't really help you see that) - your NAT/router itself may be having some kind of issue -- most consumer gear is kind of a black box as far as how it operates - some immediately-upstream device to you may have an issue where your dropping off and reappearing might kick it in some way
2) Have you considered using the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4? Those are Google's own DNS servers for public use. It's possible that the issue is with the DNS being served by your NAT/router to your devices. Trying to walk you through all the permutations of debugging that can be hard (especially when IPv6 is a factor).
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Date: 2015-12-27 02:20 pm (UTC)1) Have you considered unplugging your NAT/router for a couple minutes, then plugging back in? There's a few reasons why I suggest ts, apart from watching The IT Crowd. :)
- you may end up with a different IP address, which might matter for Google's load balancing (and no, tracert won't really help you see that)
- your NAT/router itself may be having some kind of issue -- most consumer gear is kind of a black box as far as how it operates
- some immediately-upstream device to you may have an issue where your dropping off and reappearing might kick it in some way
2) Have you considered using the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4? Those are Google's own DNS servers for public use. It's possible that the issue is with the DNS being served by your NAT/router to your devices. Trying to walk you through all the permutations of debugging that can be hard (especially when IPv6 is a factor).
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Date: 2015-12-27 02:41 pm (UTC)-R