Gmail shenanigans?

[deathpixie]

So, it seems I can't log onto Gmail. As in, I go to the Gmail page and get a message telling me "We're sorry... but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus or spyware application. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now," and a 403 error. Has my work server suddenly been targetted as verboten, or is there shenanigans this morning?

Comments

[amyamy.livejournal.com]

I'm thinking shenanigans, since I'm getting the same from my work computer.

[deathpixie]

Thanks - good to know it's not just me. I didn't even try logging on from home today, so I had no idea if it's that one too.

Hopefully this is gmail cleaning up its act and fixing those lags on Groups.

[amyamy.livejournal.com]

Didn't have any trouble at home, but that was more'n an hour ago.

I call shenanigans.

[redhawk.livejournal.com]

I doubt you're infected, but I also have no fracking idea which Gmail node you're hitting. It's designed to be transparent to us user-types. We just hit gmail.google.com and get the same page, even if they're on very, very different clusters in different parts of the world.

Google isn't normally in the habit of denying individual domains as far as I'm aware.

Re: I call shenanigans.

[amyamy.livejournal.com]

Ah ha - didn't think of that. All my shortcuts go straight through to the gmail.com. Trying the full gmail.google.com I can get through, but plain gmail.com says I look like a spambot and won't let me

Re: I call shenanigans.

[deathpixie]

Brilliant! Works for me too.

Re: I call shenanigans.

[redhawk.livejournal.com]

AHA! The mystery clears somewhat.

I suspect it's a bug in the referrer from google.com to gmail.google.com. Or an overzealous AV update.

Now that I think about it, it's probably the latter.

Rossi, try hitting gmail.google.com or mail.google.com directly, tell us what happens?

Re: I call shenanigans.

[deathpixie]

*grins* Comment overlap. Just tried gmail.google.com and I'm in. Thanks guys!