Gmail has been blocked in China, following months of disruption. Reports suggest that China's Great Firewall is to blame, with large numbers of users being cut off from their email since last Friday.
Reuters reports that "large numbers of Gmail Web addresses were cut off in China on Friday," and users are reporting that the service is still unavailable today. Members of GreatFire.org, a China-based freedom of speech advocacy group, have explained:
"I think the government is just trying to further eliminate Google's presence in China and even weaken its market overseas. Imagine if Gmail users might not get through to Chinese clients. Many people outside China might be forced to switch away from Gmail."
Google's own traffic analysis shows a huge slump in Gmail traffic since Friday. A Google spokesperson based in Singapore has explained that: "We've checked and there's nothing wrong on our end."
It's by no means the first time that Gmail has suffered in China, but up until Friday protocols like IMAP, SMTP and POP3 have worked just fine, allowing people to use the service on phones and in deskstop email clients. Clearly, that has now changed, and it's not surprising that most are looking to blame the Great Firewall of China—perhaps the world's most impressive (if that's the right word) Internet censorship tool.
For now, using a VPN removes the problem—but it's obviously getting harder and harder to use global services like Gmail from within China.作者: bullying520 时间: 2014-12-29 23:46
GFW万岁 方滨兴的意志得到了延续作者: kyle1031 时间: 2014-12-30 09:37
那回国的期间怎么收邮件?犯愁了作者: 拖泥带水 时间: 2014-12-30 10:18
难道以后回国收不到邮件了,翻墙行么?作者: superdigua 时间: 2014-12-30 10:27
就等着GFW上白名单制度。作者: 米雪兰 时间: 2014-12-30 10:41
真的假的?作者: cindy1000 时间: 2014-12-30 10:45
反正我回国期间,所有谷歌网站都是打不开的。作者: zhangwei7461 时间: 2014-12-30 10:48
gfw 其实根本没用哎。 墙外的所谓消息感觉还不如微信微博上的谣言假新闻带来的影响大作者: 深海2010 时间: 2014-12-30 10:49
澳村用GMAIL ,国内用163作者: 李十三 时间: 2014-12-30 10:51