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Technical News & Discussion => IDNet Help => Topic started by: Aaron on Apr 09, 2009, 21:14:03

Title: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Aaron on Apr 09, 2009, 21:14:03
Loading http://gmail.google.com/mail/ shows this text:

Nie możemy udostępniać w Niemczech usługi pod nazwą Gmail. Nazwa tej usługi w tym kraju to Google Mail.
Podróżując po Niemczech, możesz korzystać z poczty pod adresem http://mail.google.com.
Chcielibyśmy wstawić powyżej link z adresem URL, ale tego też nie wolno nam zrobić. Bummer.
Aby uzyskać ogólne informacje o Google, odwiedź witrynę www.google.com lub www.google.de.

Which translates into:

We can not provide services in Germany under the name Gmail. The name of the service in this country to Google Mail.
Travels in Germany, you can use the e-mail at http://mail.google.com.
We would like to put over a link with a URL, but also that we must not do. Bummer.
For general information about Google, visit www.google.com or www.google.de.

Has routing gone wrong that it thinks IDNet is in Germany?
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Ann on Apr 09, 2009, 21:41:18
It's all English for me..
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Sebby on Apr 09, 2009, 21:53:21
Same here. I'm not sure whether Google gets your locale from your IP or from the regional settings on your computer. It's worth checking your computer settings.
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Aaron on Apr 09, 2009, 21:55:47
Weird quirk, wiped the firefox cache and it worked fine after that, sorry for the bother!
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Sebby on Apr 09, 2009, 21:56:57
No worries. Glad it's sorted. :)
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Simon on Apr 09, 2009, 21:58:30
We'll, know what to suggest if it happens to someone else, so thanks for posting.  :)
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 09:58:02
That is really curious, one to put in the memory bank. Mind you, I think the original text looks more like Polish than German.
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Sebby on Apr 10, 2009, 11:36:13
Oh, in that case, Gmail is just catering for Britain then. :P
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 11:37:55
More than Royal Mail does. ;D
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Sebby on Apr 10, 2009, 11:39:26
:rofl: :karmic:
Title: Re: Gmail thinks I'm from Germany?
Post by: Rik on Apr 10, 2009, 11:42:24
:ithank: