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Google Fixes 'Marked as read' Issue in Gmail

Techtree News Staff, Nov 05, 2009 1744 hrs IST

Did you face it?

A few percentage of Gmail users experienced a weird Gmail bug yesterday wherein their unread e-mails were marked as read when the checked their accounts. Google later blamed the alarming bug, which initially made people think their accounts were compromised, on a "code change" issue.

As soon as word spread regarding this "issue", it took no time for the users to hit the panic button - thanks to Twitter and the likes. Many users who were intimated about the issue by their friends immediately logged in to Gmail, only to find almost all of their unread e-mails read. Google has, since then, confirmed that no one has read individual inboxes and that such issues will not be repeated.

Gmail, of late, has been facing reliability and stability issues with the service going kaput quite a few times earlier this year as well. This, however, was not really an outage -- but just an annoying bug that could have affected the credibility of the service. Were you affected by this issue?

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(31) Comments

Winney

,jhb, on Nov 12, 2009 04:11 PM

I can receive emails from my gmail but can send emails it say deffered

STEPHEN

,CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, on Nov 11, 2009 06:16 PM

SO WHAT CAN I DO? HOW CAN I GET ON TO GMAIL?

STEPHEN

,CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, on Nov 11, 2009 06:14 PM

i AM GETTING REDIRECTED EACH TIME i TRY TO LOG ON TO GMAIL. BUT THEN I GO NOWHERE AND CANNOT GET ON TO GMAIL.

paul

,Nairobi, on Nov 11, 2009 02:06 PM

ive been receiveing mails in my alternative account for a password reset.Does it mean someone has tampered with my gmail account?

Leslie senevira

,Dubai, on Nov 11, 2009 01:25 PM

open the gmail

jansel mora ter

,republica dominicana , on Nov 11, 2009 02:58 AM

t85ffffffffffffyhhhhhhhhyouitr

Mohamed

,Chennai, on Nov 11, 2009 12:00 AM

Hai

Carleigh B

,Glendale, on Nov 10, 2009 01:01 PM

I am getting a blank page when I go to get email it says "redirected". Why is gmail not woking for me?

Biswajit Mondal

,kolkata, on Nov 09, 2009 05:27 PM

what are the problem of dams

mani

,salem, on Nov 09, 2009 03:49 PM

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GWALL

,SYDNEY, on Nov 09, 2009 11:02 AM

i GET LOCKED OUT OF GMAIL AND FACEBOOK ALL THE TIME AS MY PASSWORDS ARE CHANGED BY SOME RASKAL OUT IN CYBER SPACE. AS FOR MAIL IT GOES IN AND OUT AS IT PLEASES. MY FRIEND INFORMED ME THAT THATS NOT THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH GMAIL AND HE WORKS FOR A CYBER SECURITY MOB WHO RECONSEES GOOGLES FULL OF HOLES

Dori Wright

,Pine , on Nov 08, 2009 10:32 PM

I am getting a blank page when I go to get email it says "redirected". Why is gmail not woking for me?

manny

,south africa, on Nov 08, 2009 09:20 PM

i have been trying to log on and gives me pass word incorrect

barbara

,nashau, on Nov 08, 2009 09:11 PM

Help!! Trying to get onto gmail. I only get a "redirected" word and a clicking sound. Can you help?

ali müfit çetin

,izmir, on Nov 08, 2009 04:17 PM

burada yazı yazabilirmiyim

Earlene Gibbs

,Bellevue, on Nov 07, 2009 10:44 PM

11/07/09 Last week I lost my complete gmail email account. I called my Invisus Service and they could not retrieve it. Their explanation was: "When Windows updates, some people have been losing their email accounts." Is there any way to "find" my email?

soab

,vadodara, on Nov 07, 2009 07:50 PM

bhjhjhj

SUPRIYANTO

,INDONESIA, on Nov 07, 2009 09:21 AM

kelas:X11mo3 no :33

ana jessenia l

,california, on Nov 07, 2009 02:24 AM

hello how r u

Robbie Prosser

,Jacksonville, on Nov 07, 2009 01:28 AM

I lost all of my e-mails for today, 11/06/2009 and I can't get anything back

drago smilovic

,winnipeg, on Nov 07, 2009 01:01 AM

all i ge thing is redirecting

T.MITCHELL

,CAPE TOWN, on Nov 07, 2009 12:15 AM

THANK YOU I CAN BREATH AGAIN

Lin Htin SHein

,Yangon, on Nov 06, 2009 05:33 PM

i have no idea.

Damar Bahadur B

,Nepal, on Nov 06, 2009 03:00 PM

k 6

pooja_rani

,delhi, on Nov 06, 2009 02:10 PM

kya hall hai ji kaise ho main tumse milna chahta hoon

AGABA JOHN

,Mbarara, on Nov 06, 2009 11:37 AM

Good and great

isthiqomah suci

,gemolong, on Nov 06, 2009 11:13 AM

karena suci tidak punya e-mail

Aylo

,Chennai, on Nov 06, 2009 07:06 AM

I have problems in accessing Gmail through FireFox for the past few weeks. However, there is no problem through Chrome!

marooko

,finland, on Nov 06, 2009 02:33 AM

how areyoy all peaple

Vilas Pathak

,Bombay, on Nov 05, 2009 10:23 PM

I am satisfied G Mail user, but recently when I download Attachment received, I need to REFRESH the Mail after Attachment Download. This is Disguisting

Sreejith K.

,Louisville, on Nov 05, 2009 07:53 PM

Yeah, I saw most of my emails were read too. But I thought it was my wife who read my emails :)

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