290634 - Unable to use G-Mail on Firefox - URL/Redirection Timeout

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Andrew]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.7) Gecko/20050414 Firefox/1.0.3

Every time you go to http://gmail.com or http://gmail.google.com - It will
timeout. This includes being directed from another site, eg, Google Search for
'gmail'. I have also tryed using and redirecting from 'https://'. All attempts
have failed.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open Firefox
2. Type 'http://gmail.google.com' URL
3. Go to the page
Actual Results:  
It timesout, and will not load under any curcumstances.

Expected Results:  
Gmail should load.

All settings are Default, and I use a Wireless Network.

Comment 1

[Ben Fowler]

Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050416
Firefox/1.0+

WFM http://gmail.google.com/gmail?auth=DQ ....

You might want to check that packets are leaving your network. Can you reach any
hosts? Is there a log you can check?

Comment 2

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

wfm with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.2; de-DE; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050414

Does it work if you use another client such IE ?

Comment 3

[Jo Hermans]

It was probably a temporary glitch in Google's network. These things happen.

Comment 4

[Brian]

WFM - Win 2000. FF 1.0.3, like Comment 3 said, probably just a temporary glitch.

Comment 5

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

Marking WFM.