14 DAY TRIAL // Gmail is a powerful email service developed by the giant search engine and, even if it is available by invitation, it is one of the most popular mail solutions on the internet. The service is still in beta stages but the company is continuously updating the product with new exciting features. One of the latest functions added to the service is entitled Mail Fetcher, a tool that helps you read up to 5 POP3 mail accounts directly from the Gmail inbox. This way, Gmail can become a powerful mail client accessible from the internet that can be used without a preliminary installation.
As the company tries to update the solution more often, it seems like multiple errors and vulnerabilities are continuously reported offering to Google employees a reason to improve the security of the service. The last error identified in Gmail is a totally disaster for some users because it can delete all their e-mail, including messages with usernames, passwords and private information. A lot of users reported the issue using Google Groups, many of them mentioning that they were using Firefox and the messages were deleted while they were connected to their account. One user posted a message saying that after the deletion process, he received a message saying that "this is not a mistake. All your emails and contacts have been deleted on purpose. This was a malicious attack and not an error. Have a nice day. =)."
"Regretfully, a small number of our users - around 60 - lost some or all of their email received prior to December 18th. Once we found out about this issue, we worked day and night to confirm that only a few accounts were affected and to do whatever we could to restore as much of the users' accounts as we could. We've also reached out to the people who were affected to apologize and to work with them to restore the email from any personal backup they might have," Google representatives said in an e-mail sent to TechCrunch, one of the first companies that reported the errors in the search giant's email service.