British Broadcasting CorporationHome Accessibility inbound links Skip to written content Skip to nearby navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk navigation Skip to bbc.co.uk search Aid Accessibility Guidance 28 February 2011 Previous up-to-date at 16:21 GMT Hundreds of Gmail accounts accidentally wiped 1000's of Gmail customers have already been left with empty inboxes right after their accounts were accidentally wiped clear. Plus missing e-mails, many noted that their contacts had also disappeared. Google,
Windows 7 Pro Product Key, which operates Gmail, stated that a modest proportion of its users had been affected. Some accounts have by now been restored, suggesting the data was not completely deleted. In a very statement,
Office 2007 Enterprise Keygen, Google said: "This is affecting less than .08% of our Gmail user base,
Office 2007 Standard Activation Key, and we've presently fixed the problem for some individuals." The company reported that engineers had been working to restore service. Google does not release official figures for the amount of Gmail accounts,
Office Ultimate 2007 Key, however it is believed to become between 150 million and 200 million. That would mean that around 150,000 customers were impacted by the problem. Gmail outages on this scale are rare, according to Alex Chitu,
Windows 7 Activation, whose blog Google Operating System, charts the company's cloud computing initiatives. He told BBC News that although service was being restored, countless consumers have been angry about the way the outage had been handled. "Today's issue shows that Gmail is far from perfect and Google should do a better job at communicating with people. "When you can't access your message and your Google account is disabled, it's nice to know why," he claimed.