Gawab.com off-line ? - Page 3

**CyberSmurf** · 18 Aug 2011, 05:30 PM

Don't be sorry. I'm deliberately letting it expire.

I'm sure that I could log into webmail at this time, and reactivate the account.

Nikolaos · 11 Sep 2011, 05:25 AM

Looks like they're having issues again. Cannot connect via pop3, and the website itself is also unreachable for me...

tallen · 11 Sep 2011, 11:34 AM

Gawab is not working since the day before yesterday. The situation is worse than before, as POP doesn't respond to a ping.

Bamb0 · 11 Sep 2011, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CyberSmurf

Don't be sorry. I'm deliberately letting it expire.

I really dont blame you... Used to be an excellent email server! (Now they seem to be down again)

King Of Email · 13 Sep 2011, 06:39 PM

Gawab isn't a sinking ship, it's a sunken ship. I only wish the one, last account I have with them, through no choice of my own, would transition to some other provider for God's sake. Even at 100% full function, 4MB of storage in 2011? Please.

tallen · 19 Sep 2011, 02:06 PM

Gawab is now working. It is not a sunken ship, but a submarine - it is only submergible.

Nikolaos · 20 Sep 2011, 07:57 AM

Just to continue with the metaphor, I've been having an up-and-down experience with them these two days

I went into the web interface to update my account info, and discovered that it is possible to change your password/backup email/password Q&A once, maybe twice if you're lucky. Try again after that and the server hangs. There's a message about trying to connect to the server, and then nada.

Why did I try more than once? Because there's some kind of strange issue with the way they save the account info now. The system no longer seems to remember your secret answer - no matter how many times you set it, it'll come back as "blank (none)". Not very safe, to say the least - any hacker could hit enter at the question and get your password reset :}

Eventually after many tries I finally managed to delete the Q&A altogether and leave it as alternate email option only.

If you, like me, used to have a Q/A specified, now might be a good time to do some housekeeping!

Nikolaos · 13 Oct 2011, 02:32 PM

Aaaaaaannnnd... down again

Not sure when it started this time, as I've given up on checking it very often anymore now. Maybe a day or two at least? Website's unreachable too.

jdtaylor · 27 Oct 2011, 12:32 AM

system seems to be back up and running through the website from my side.

alexu2007 · 27 Oct 2011, 07:57 AM

down again.

Bamb0 · 27 Oct 2011, 10:04 AM

Loads fine here

johnfk · 12 Nov 2011, 05:56 AM

Gawab was ok for a few years, this year Gawab let her users really down. At the moment the website is up but the email service is down (box stays empty). I'm moving to another email service!!

<<This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason:

Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was
not reachable within the allowed queue period. The amount of time
a message is queued before it is returned depends on local configura-
tion parameters.

Most likely there is a network problem that prevented delivery, but
it is also possible that the computer is turned off, or does not
have a mail system running right now.

Your message was not delivered within 2 days and 0 hours.
Host gawab.com is not responding.>>

Goodbye gawab.

Bamb0 · 17 Nov 2011, 03:13 PM

Hmmmm it works fine for me! (Sent a message to myself)

tallen · 7 Jan 2012, 11:34 AM

Gawab has been down since the year end.

pk88 · 10 Jan 2012, 12:00 PM

Still cannot login on Jan 9 2012 and the web site is hit or miss but the servers appear to be on-line. There is good ping response from my location but the response to a login (when you can get one) is "Error, service down, try again later. sorry. Fun and games.

13 Sep 2011, 06:39 PM	#35
King Of Email Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 622	Gawab Gawab isn't a sinking ship, it's a sunken ship. I only wish the one, last account I have with them, through no choice of my own, would transition to some other provider for God's sake. Even at 100% full function, 4MB of storage in 2011? Please.

18 Aug 2011, 05:30 PM	#31
CyberSmurf Moderator Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: British Columbia Posts: 4,013	Don't be sorry. I'm deliberately letting it expire. I'm sure that I could log into webmail at this time, and reactivate the account.

11 Sep 2011, 05:25 AM	#32
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	Looks like they're having issues again. Cannot connect via pop3, and the website itself is also unreachable for me...

11 Sep 2011, 11:34 AM	#33
tallen Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo Posts: 7	Gawab is not working since the day before yesterday. The situation is worse than before, as POP doesn't respond to a ping.

19 Sep 2011, 02:06 PM	#36
tallen Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo Posts: 7	Gawab is now working. It is not a sunken ship, but a submarine - it is only submergible.

20 Sep 2011, 07:57 AM	#37
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	Just to continue with the metaphor, I've been having an up-and-down experience with them these two days I went into the web interface to update my account info, and discovered that it is possible to change your password/backup email/password Q&A once, maybe twice if you're lucky. Try again after that and the server hangs. There's a message about trying to connect to the server, and then nada. Why did I try more than once? Because there's some kind of strange issue with the way they save the account info now. The system no longer seems to remember your secret answer - no matter how many times you set it, it'll come back as "blank (none)". Not very safe, to say the least - any hacker could hit enter at the question and get your password reset :} Eventually after many tries I finally managed to delete the Q&A altogether and leave it as alternate email option only. If you, like me, used to have a Q/A specified, now might be a good time to do some housekeeping!

13 Oct 2011, 02:32 PM	#38
Nikolaos Essential Contributor Join Date: Dec 1999 Posts: 345	Aaaaaaannnnd... down again Not sure when it started this time, as I've given up on checking it very often anymore now. Maybe a day or two at least? Website's unreachable too.

27 Oct 2011, 12:32 AM	#39
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,693	system seems to be back up and running through the website from my side.

27 Oct 2011, 07:57 AM	#40
alexu2007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 287	down again.

27 Oct 2011, 10:04 AM	#41
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,877	Loads fine here

12 Nov 2011, 05:56 AM	#42
johnfk Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 1	Gawab was ok for a few years, this year Gawab let her users really down. At the moment the website is up but the email service is down (box stays empty). I'm moving to another email service!! <<This Message was undeliverable due to the following reason: Your message was not delivered because the destination computer was not reachable within the allowed queue period. The amount of time a message is queued before it is returned depends on local configura- tion parameters. Most likely there is a network problem that prevented delivery, but it is also possible that the computer is turned off, or does not have a mail system running right now. Your message was not delivered within 2 days and 0 hours. Host gawab.com is not responding.>> Goodbye gawab.

17 Nov 2011, 03:13 PM	#43
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,877	Hmmmm it works fine for me! (Sent a message to myself)

7 Jan 2012, 11:34 AM	#44
tallen Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo Posts: 7	Gawab has been down since the year end.

10 Jan 2012, 12:00 PM	#45
pk88 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 2	Still cannot login on Jan 9 2012 and the web site is hit or miss but the servers appear to be on-line. There is good ping response from my location but the response to a login (when you can get one) is "Error, service down, try again later. sorry. Fun and games.