GMail: "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation"

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• This has happened to me too, same exact thing.i couldn't get in but friends I was chatting with could. I assumed it was some sort of maintenance related outage. They probably have to segment their users across machines so one chunk of users might be affected at a time. But that's a total guess.
  

• The same thing dsnt happen if you send messages by an other client
  

• It dsnt happen with zone alarm disabled too
  

• I don't have Zone Alarm and it definitely happened for me.
  

• Any other firewall, Jon?
  
  If yes, try to disable it.
  
  Have you tried to set the gmail account on your preferred client?
  
  

• hehe had the same error 704 ...,
  
  do not worry -> cross your fingers and try again little later and it'll work
  
  guess they have some performance probs at some times
  

• same problem.. cant perform yur operation error 007 someone help me out
  

• Gmail + Google Web Accelererator = Oops...
  
  I disabled the accelereator and everything works.
  

• having the same problem. will wait to see what happends.
  Gmail rocks so far ;D
  

• thesame problem trying to send lik e 10 pics, and i get oops...
  

• Im trying to send a .mov file and it says "the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 007) please try again in a few seconds" i tryed zipping it up and nothing. I am on dial up but this was happening also when i had hi speed. i dont have any extra firewalls besides xp one,, im using free avg which is out of date. i dont have any Google Web Accelererator. I just want to send a video i made to my friend...
  

• @Jacob - I'd recommend you use a service like www.transferbigfiles.com for that.
  

• i am fed up with this gmail error 007. in pop also the same error is displayed after taking a long delay. I am not able to attach a file > 50 kb. Gmail team...Are you sleeping there ??? please help !!!!!!!!
  

• Im trying to send a .mov file and it says "the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 007) please try again in a few seconds" i tryed zipping it up and nothing. I am on dial up but this was happening also when i had hi speed. i dont have any extra firewalls besides xp one am not able to attach a file > 50 kb. Gmail team...Are you sleeping there ??? please help
  

• how i can solve this problem?
  

• It also happens to me - some messages stubbornly refuse to get opened. Luckily, the solution is to MARK THE MESSAGE AS READ. Then things go right. The error is weird, however..
  

• The "oops" message appears at random, during various un-related task being performed... opening mail, sending mail, attaching files etc... Sometimes it wont appear for days on end... go figure.
  
  ANYONE HAVE A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM?
  

• I get this error code when I use my laptop. It works on other computers just fine.
  

• Tried all the way mentioned above, but none is working, the gmail kept stubbonly couldn't read the message, however, the unread message turned read mark after i clicked, error code 007, damn, James bond can solved this problem ?
  

• Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!
  

• Hi guys, i think it is because of low bandwidth problem, like mine, if my upload bandwidth is low, then i can not attach file to send email, something like time out from gmail mail server..my internet connection is quite weird, my download bandwidth is high but my upload is too slow, so everytime i send email with attachment even just some hundreds of kb, the problem will occur..When i try send with attachment about 2mb at office pc which have high upload bandwidth, there seems no problem at all..btw, anybody have this kind of problem because my home internet connection is via wireless device to my office outdoor accesspoint?
  any guys who master in outdoor access point internet provider, kindly give me some advice to troubleshoot this problem, with much thanks & sincerity, pls send to me, sukamto@dutacomputer.co.id
  thanks a lot...
  

• sorry, for addition, when i send mail without attachment, there wont be this problem (oops, ... (error 007)...)
  

• I am having 2 accounts in gmail. one of the account i can login perfectly, but the other gives this wierd error message.
  

• Disable the accelerator..thats the one causing the problem. As soon as you disable it the message gets sent. Hope this helps
  

• Disable google web accelerator, it works. Its not a low bandwidth issue. Im on a 100 mbps link and still get the error. Works after WebAccelerator is disabled. If you dont have WebAccelerator, check ur firewal settings
  Good luck!
  

• Seems this error 007 is not only a gmail isue.
  I tried another email client and it wont send message with attatchment either.
  
  No solution yet.
  I use norton antivirus but disabling doesent help.
  
  I sent the attatchment from another pc - no problem!
  
  Maybe a virus???
  

• Never more norton antivirus - its a virus itselfe!
  I lost a job because of not being able to send my attatchment.
  
  Uninstalled norton and it no more error 007!
  
  fck norton
  

• damnit, im using firefox 1.5.
  tried everything, disabled firewall,
  cleared cash..
  anybody knows what's going on?
  

• Everyone is having the same problem. I am too.
  What should I comment? Congrate 007. You are an absolute horror!
  

• *sigh*
  
  when can this problem be fixed? I got an important file to forward and I can't use GMail.
  
  I guess Agent 007 is trying to spy on our emails.
  

• check the size of the file u r attaching with the mail does not exceed 10 Mbs, if it does then it is the reason why gmail doesn't allow you to so and gives above mentioned error. I went through the same situation but i figured out this, at least for my case. try this and it should work. If required, split files in parts and then send multiple mails one after another.
  

• Just joined the club as I am getting the same error from this morning, it is just like keep on clicking Send and some times mail will go other time you will see the popup error
  

• I too had the same issue. fed up of this sudden mishap of Error (007)
  

• Everyone is having the same problem. I am too plz solve my prob. i ahve a problem with last 1 am not able to send any attachmets in my all groups. Yahho, Rediff, Hotamil, Gmail & etc. plz help me in this problem. plz mail me wt can i do?
  
  

• Everyone is having the same problem. I am too plz solve my prob. i ahve a problem with last 15 days. 1 am not able to send any attachmets in my all groups. Yahho, Rediff, Hotamil, Gmail & etc. plz help me in this problem. plz mail me wt can i do?
  
  

• same fukin prob!! 4 hrs tryn. no improvement~! same prob happening with yahoo. cant attach the file~ a simple pdf of 8mb.
  i hv NAV+NIS. latest java.. wat the hale goin on with meee!!!!!
  

• Hi all,
  
  We have been having this same issue all day. I run web google accelerator and saw Jørgen's post about turning it off and the error being fixed, and as soon as I switched it off then went back to gmail to try sending the email (that had previously come up with the James Bond error code), and it worked!
  
  So my advice is to disable web accelerator if you use it, just while checking email, because the benefits of Web Accelerator are fantastic.
  
  Jan
  

• HELLO TO ALL.
  SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS LOCK BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET ATTENTION.
  
  SOLUTION....
  GO TO THE MESSAGE IN "DRAFTS" AND MARK THE CHECK BOX NEXT TO THE EMAIL, THEN OPEN IT AND SEND. WORKS FINE. GMAIL IS JUST A BIT TEMPREMENTAL SOMETIMES.
  
  GOOD LUCK
  

• 
  how can u solve this problem
  

• I have same problem, what's wrong????
  

• every time i am downloading a file in my office
  on a PDF format thought gmail i am getting answer that file is corupted and cannot open
  immediately if i change and i open the same attachement from yahoo e-mail i can open
  the pdf with out problems
  this is now started about 2 weeks
  any solutions??
  

• I stopped Google Web Accelerator, now i can send mail in G-mail. Before I can't send mail even just plain text in G-mail, and can't login in Yahoo and Hotmail.
  
  Hope this help.
  

• Yeah i just got error 007 and its really getting on my nerves, i ever rebooted the PC. i sent myself a test mail and it went fine, but when i try to attach a video it starts with that error 007.
  
  im starting to think james bond doesnt like me.
  

• GMAIL IS A CUNT... Thank goodness I donot use it!!
  

• how to solve this erroe 007. pls,, any solution.?
  

• the most annoying part of that error is it say try back in a few seconds. why doesn't it just say no files over 10 Megs
  

• When I got this problem in IE, I opened fireFox and tried, I did not get that.
  So switching browsers may be getaround for the problem
  

• For me, i get this message even when there's no attachment involved. Trying to open a message from someone, and this has been two days in a row, and i still get this same cryptic and utterly useless 007 error message.
  

• Try this...
  * Start > Run > cmd
  > netsh winsock reset
  * Restart PC.
  
  I recently uninstalled my firewall and never had the google accelerator, so I started wondering about winsock corruption. So far, so good.
  

• Hi all,
  I am using WinXP pro - sp2 and i was getting err 008, i disabled windows firewall and it solved the problem...hope it helps u 2.
  code 008 has definately nothing to do with size coz i was just sending a regular mail.
  

• For me, i get this message even when there's no attachment involved. Trying to open a message from someone, and this has been eight days in a row, and i still get this same cryptic and utterly useless 007 error message.
  
  

• Hey guys,
  
  I think I found what it is. It is the windows updater. I had the firewall turned off and after I read all of this, I went and checked and the automatic Windows update turned it back on. Try turning this off.
  

• The cause is probably multiple. I have huge bandwidth, do not have web accelerator, am not trying to attach a file, cannot save the file to draft (I get the same error message, and still get an error message. I have had this problem randomly for over a year. I am am about done with gmail. I guess Microsoft is not have the only idiot programmers out there.
  

• I disabled google web accelator and it fixed
  

• after firewall disable & restart the pc same problem
  comming
  

• Woooow!!!!!!! Ego is so right. I had the problem with no attachment, no firewalls or accelerator and on a fast office LAN (although our proxy server is a little difficult at times). I couldn’t figure out what was going on, then I saw Ego’s post and used the https service (which I didn’t even know existed) and hay presto it worked.
  
  While Gmail does in deed rock the house, the 007 error is a bit generic and I don’t think it really gives any indication of what is wrong. Sadly the https service seems a little slower so if the problem your problem is related to large files this may not help you, but it’s worth a go.
  

• i got error 007, cant send atachments, no firewall in my copu at all, problem recent, today started, before it was fine. how do i solve it.
  
  (no, no virus either)
  

• I don't think all the reasons for this error are the same. i'm using my gmail on a job computer with heavy firewall, but the common ports for exploring are opened. so that wasn't the problem..the last time i got ridd of the problem was by deleting the senders text & pics from the replay message. although i wasn't sending any atachments in ordinary way, i accualy was, because of the pics that were sent to me...hope this helps..
  

• How I will solve this problem
  

• Everything was working fine until I installed Internet Explorer 7 - I think that has something to do with it..Maybe Microsoft wants us to use hotmail only - who know?
  

• Disable Google web accelerator worked for me too.
  
  Thanks
  

• Guys im trying to send a 50bytes file from gmail, and its getting this error:
  
  oops.. the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 008). Please try again in a few seconds
  
  i have looked and looked for a solution but with no luck.. does any1 know what it could be?
  

• I'm trying to send a movie to my gmail e-mail adrees but it give me the 007 error code... what can I do to solve it.. what did the code 007 mean? thank...
  

• I had the same problem and I went into Tools, Security and changed my setings to Medium/High which is the recommended default settings. Now everything is normal.
  

• I think its because you were trying to attach something that was to big for gmail.com to upload
  

• well this error belongs to the bond. 007.....tried thousands of things and it did not work....wel if someone gets the fix please mail it across to me as well... cozy_feelin@yahoo.com
  

• I get error 008. When logging in, but only using my laptop. It looks very suspicious to me, everything works fine, i just get the error message
  
  oops.. the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 008). Please try again in a few seconds
  

• I get 008, I recently installed adobe upgradre, and it started doing it right after that. I don't know if that is related to the error. I am considering restoring back my puter to the date prior of the adobe download. I should of know better, I hate all these upgrades...also tried the firewall deal, no luck, I am using about 26% of my gmail account.
  

• To all-
  
  for those of you who said it's bandwith--- IT'S NOT - i am at a major university and in the IT department so connection speed not the problem..
  
  to mark mail "read" not the solution cuz mine pops up 8-10x's just opening the gmail page, not the actual mail. I have to click ok, ok , ok , ok , ok and so on til i goes away----again i get it 8-10 x's
  
  IE7- we don't use it here we are on IE6 bacaue there are probs w/ IE7 and our web based apps so that's not it
  
  this error just started for me about a week ago- i've been accessing gmail and google home page from here for 6 weeks w/no issue until now
  
  any other Ideas?
  

• I have the same problem, but my error code says 008 though...
  "oops the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 008) please try again in a few seconds"
  it's started about a week ago I think...
  

• After reading this thread, I disabled the accelerator and now everything works fine. Thanks for the tip.
  

• This error has to do with MS updates, go back and unstall the last round of MS updates and this error will go away. I had this error and I removed the MS November updates and now I have no problems.
  

• I think this is yet another Microsoft conspiracy!!!
  

• I was trying to send four .bmp files at once, which ranged from 11mb to 23mb. I continued getting error 008, and then a random error 007 thrown in as well. I opened up the first .bmp and saved it as a .jpg (3200kb versus 24mb) and it went through, but with a delay of maybe 10 seconds. Then, I converted the other three .bmp files to .jpg (again, 11+mb down to 3200kb or so) and attached the remaining three, and again, maybe a 20-30 second delay, and they also were delivered to the recipient and got confirmations on both.
  
  Due to the delay in the upload, I'm thinking Google may be having an issue with one of their attachment processing servers...I dunno, but I don't have a bandwidth problem, I don't have Google Accelerator, I left my Windows and Zone Alarm fire walls up, and my AVG running the entire time. Oh, and I'm running IE 7.0 since three weeks ago and had not seen the 008 error until yesterday when trying to send attachments that were 11mb or larger.
  
  HTH,
  Kevin
  

• Gmail seems to have screwed itself......!!!!!!
  
  ;)
  

• Thanks Barlo.
  
  Great solution. Finaly we are able to rid out from this problem.
  
  Regards
  Rameshwar
  

• Thanks Barlo.
  
  Great solution. Finaly we are able to rid out from this problem.
  
  Regards
  Rameshwar
  

• I've been using gmail for over 12 months and this erroe code 008 has never happened until tonight when trying to send an attachment. I've never had any problems sending large attachments before..... HELP!!!
  

• Error 007 means:
  You can´t attach a James Bond movie as a file to an e-mail.
  yet...
  

• Hi,, I got this problem just last night. There are lots of people complaining and guessing what happened but I am wondering why Google does not give any right solutions?
  

• Me too, i have this problem since 3 days. Before I had never a problem with sending attachments.
  

• Disable Google Web accelerator. It worked for me
  

• this is happening to me aswell, i have no firewall on... no virus, i have cleared my cache and have sent larger files than what im trying to send now over gmail
  
  Yeah... thats right im gettin that stupid error. im guessing its one of gmails unresolved faults.
  
  Perhaps theres a monthly upload to gmail??
  
  I dont know, although i wish they would tell us what it was
  
  and no im not using any accelerators just before anyone asks
  

• Had the same general code 007 every time we went to send an email,without attachments! All the time noticing a clock running down on the left side of the screen with a message saying we are experiencing difficulties with chat. As soon as the clock finished running it started up again. So it was a never ending problem! To cut a long story short we now use the secure https address and so far no problems. Good luck. Why don't we hear something authoritative from GOOOGLE
  

• I cant send attachments of any size...this error code 008 is screwin me up....Pls help....
  

• Try this...
  
  * Start > Run > cmd
  
  > netsh winsock reset
  
  * Restart PC.
  
  I recently uninstalled my firewall and never had the google accelerator, so I started wondering about winsock corruption. So far, so good.
  
  
  Thanks for this solution Roger, worked a treat for me.
  

• Have been having problems with attachments and Firefox 1.5 for a while now. This morning was completely unable to send a couple of 72kb PDF files. It worked if I sent them through the gmail website directly, but had to hit send and wait a few minutes, hit send again, etc etc.
  
  I did this for 5 seperate e-mail, took an hour of dorking around. What a pain.
  

• Only have the default Windows firewall running and plenty of bandwidth. Could it be, maybe I don't know, just maybe a gmail problem??? My wife and I both have gmail accounts and sometimes mine will do it and hers won't from the same machine (one in Firefox, one in IE), maybe all of the mindshare here could explain that? As an aside it doesn't matter which one is running IE and which one is running Firefox, problem persists.
  

• It is amazing how everyone here assumes the problem is on their side of the internet. The problem is GMail. Their service has become too popular too fast. It's a "server busy" type problem. Nothing you do can avoid it. Except of course, use another web mail service. Maintaining a huge web mail service is not easy. Remember how many problems Hotmail had over the years before hordes of people left them and went to GMail? In fact, GMail's official explanation of the Error 007 code is that it means their service is "temporarily unavailable". But they are wrong when they say it will resolve itself in a few minutes. I am consistently having the problem. And it's really getting annoying.
  

• Microsoft firewall was the problem for me but why it works sometimes and not others I have no idea. I turn it off for firefox it is rubbish anyway time to buy a mac and solve all computer problems.
  

• I followed the advice to disable Google Web Accelerator and now it works fine.
  

• Same error 008 sending *any* email from Gmail webinterace - on a brand new build of a Server2003.
  It must be a blocked port or service or addin or ocx - type of thing?!
  

• THE HTTPS VERSION WORKED! THANK GOD!
  
  

• Cannot send large files or Pictures....I get "OOPS"Error
  

• now oops (767) how do I fix....
  

• My gmail has been working fine for months. now I can only send mail (with no attachment) if I connect my 'free' thomson modem to my adsl line & use the secure protocol?? If I connect my expensive Draytek ADSL modem/router, I cant send gmail at all. I am using Internet explorer on my xp pc's & Safari browser on my Mac -all behave the same. I believe problem is with my telephone line & my upload speed to ISP. I have a great download speed (6Mb) although it does vary a lot. However, my upload speed is constantly at 330Kb - never seems to vary -although when my webmail used to work, I was getting 1.4Mb upload rate - hence my conclusion. Is everyone using ADSL - are any cable users seeing same issue ?
  

• I run Rootkit_Detective (Avert Stinger) on my pc and after searching I delete 3 keys. There were -blue- word on they names. After reboot adding attachments works properly. Sorry for my english.
  

• is that problem ever goin to be solved ??
  even the HTTPS doesnt work fine with me..
  

• Guys..Getting this OOPS..error code 008 for the past 4 months.I cannot attach any file.ANy Solutions??Even tried GMAIL team and they said to login using use the basic HTML interface...which was of no help either.Tried it with mozilla..firefox..IE 7..opera..but no results..HELP
  

• I had error code 008 for ages and I tried EVERYTHING; I even bought a new laptop but that had the same thing happening. Weird thing is that the rest of the Internet worked fine. My IT friend and I finally tracked it down to my wireless router (D-Link). I bought a new one (Netgear) and now all is working great. My D-Link router was about 4 years old, so maybe that was the cause? Anyway, router was the problem.
  

• I can't even access gmail at all.
  

• me either just quite and said:
  Oops... the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 767). HELP!!! I just got rid of my other email provider does this come back up? I restarted but nothing changes and it was working fine all week till like 5 minutes ago!!! HELP
  

• I cant access either! ITS JAN 29 PPL!!!
  

• same problem here...not working :S error 767
  

• oops error 767. same things happening to me. fwiw...
  

• Same here 767 error code, anyone know how to fix this?
  

• I got that error 767.. shieeeeeet
  

• i'm getting the error code 767 as well but my friend is able to access his gmail. any idea what 767 signifies as far as maintenance or outages?
  

• it's working now for me.
  

• Yep, Chesapeake area of Virginia here. Been out for about 40 mins or so here (since 1/29/07 9:15pm Eastern)
  
  I'm just gonna chill & see if it lets me back in later. A clearing of cookies & cache + reboot did nothing & I'm using the latest version of Firefox.
  

• i got error code 767 this morning and fixed the problem after cleaning cookie and cache in IE.
  

• i agree it's server side issue. since i didn't do anything for IE on the other PC and found it also works fine now.
  

• MTU setting was my problem too - Original modem from TalkTalk (Thomson 330) was a problem..doesn't work properly on their ADSL2 setup (according to TT). They sent me a replacement modem (SmartAX MT882) & all of a sudden I can send any mails I want. I interrogated the modem & it turns out that the MTU setting in new modem is 1413...not 1432 as TT L2 support told me it should be.
  I've now set my Draytek MTU to 1413 & I can now send receive ok with my wireless setup.
  

• i had oops, error 767 and could not access my account atall,
  I deleted my cache (in Internet explorer 7) by going into tools, internet options, general, browsing history, delete, and then delete all, close, ok, and it started working fine again.
  

• I've been getting the "Oops..." message with error code 008 ever since I installed EI7 (XP Pro SP2) when I try sending reasonably large attachments (eg pictures JPG ~ 4MB). I download Firefox 2.0 and I was able to send the email without any difficulty.
  

• https has worked for me...thanks for all the advice. Not good having Yahoo AND Gmail problems. Yes, time for a Mac!
  

• Hi folks,
  The https didn't work for me (certificate error) But, my oops 008 error was an upload bandwidth problem for sure.
  My wife was trying to send a gmail with 10 pics ~1 MB total...kept getting the 008. We share a router with a friend upstairs. I went and checked his rig and found Bitorrent was blasting .avi's out at my max DSL upload rate. I shut down the torrents, came back downstairs and sent the gmail no problem. (Could have saved my wife an hour of frustration if I'd known!)
  Check your upload bandwidth and you might solve your prob. Good luck,
  -Al
  

• I am amazed that Google has done nothing to solve this problem that so many of their users are having. Welcome to the real world, Google! We have given you a lot of love so far, now it is your turn.
  

• I had the error code 008 while trying to send 5-6 files of about ~200kB . I closed BitComet and it worked ok...
  

• !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOLUTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  After you log-in, change the 'http' in the URL to 'https' and it works!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  

• Getting this OOPS..error code 008 for the past 4 months.I cannot attach any file.ANy Solutions??Even tried GMAIL team and they said to login using use the basic HTML interface...which was of no help either.Tried it with mozilla..firefox..IE 7..opera..but no results..HELP
  

• https works fine with me as well
  

• SOLUTION TO ERROR CODE 008 !
  
  Well, a pretty sleazy one, but it works:
  
  I couldn’t send a file through gmail, so
  i sent my self the same file through a different email address (yahoo)
  and then forward it to my mailing list from gmail.
  That put an end to 3 wasted hours.
  
  Until someone from gmail wakes up and take care of that problem
  
  Good luck
  

• problem is caused by google web accelerator
  
  disable it
  
  stupid thing is, gmail is their own product
  

• This problem has been occuring alot for the last 3 days.
  

• I cannot log in for a wholday now. Get the oops 766 message first but now it is 767. I tried everything: cleaning cache, diable firewalls and so on, nothing helps. While I can log in with other account. https does not do the trick either. Is there a solution?
  

• Same here 766, 767, blank screens with http, https, basic html mail, Gmail on the cell phone also broken. A friend's account works on my machine. I was very pleased with GMAIL but not any more.
  

• I having the 766 message (now 767) today. Started around 9AM Eastern time. Frustrating....
  

• me too - it's now 1 pm CST and I've been getting the message since 10am.
  

• definitely a problem on their side with one of their sites- i have 3 accounts and can log in to 2 of them. One of them has been down since a little after 8 o clock for me
  

• same here - error 767 for a few hours already
  

• Now, my friend who was able to use gmail all morning when I could not is also getting the 767 error message. Seems the mess is spreading as opposed to getting fixed.
  

• 767 message as well, hasn't worked for me since 4:30 this morning
  
  mailed gmail with another one of my email addresses, I need this to not be happening
  

• I gave up and redirected my primary email address away from GMAIL to another address I have.
  
  GMAIL came back up for about 2 minutes here, then began to fail again. I caught the up time when the notifier beeped. In the short time it was up it appears that many of my emails were likely lost. This is BAD!
  

• I can log in now, but none of the messages I know should be there have arrived in my inbox. Sent a test message from another account to my gmail just now and it did not make it to my inbox either. Sending from gmail is not working either. Message gets lost in cyberspace - or my likely in an outgoing queue on gmail's servers.
  

• Easy solution: I like gmail and wish to keep it as my primary address. After the recent gmail down time I decided to create a forwarding instruction for incoming email. I simply receive a copy of the email in my gmail inbox, and send another copy to a seldom used email address. Go to settings-accounts, then choose the option. It works fine!
  

• I Stopped my GOOGLE WEB ACCLERATOR and this error stopped too...
  

• oh wow! this https:// thingy worked for me after 10 very frustrating days of trying to send a .zip file!!!!! thanks!!!!
  

• Such type of problem comes due to low bandwith. Dont upload or attached heavy size files.
  

• luogo interessante, soddisfare interessante, buon!
  

• Stupore! ho una sensibilit molto buona circa il vostro luogo!!!!
  

• I Stopped my GOOGLE WEB ACCLERATOR and this error stopped too...
  

• It's the same for me.
  
  I'm not sure, but it's possibly a browser problem.
  
  Try Mozilla Firefox. It might work.
  

• turning the web accelorator off really works!
  

• Try turning off/uninstalling any email notifiers.
  

• I had the 008 problem uploading a large attachment with IE. Switched to Firefox, and it seems to have worked.
  

• I just had this problem with the damn oops... thing. It was 2 files, 9mb at most and IE wouldn't send it. Poped open FireFox and wham, it sent. IE suxxors
  

• I had this problem too, tried the https logon, worked!
  Looked like it had something to do with security certificates in windows firewall, ingored the warning, and voila!
  

• u people are stupid, its cuz the file is too big, stupids!
  

• so I got this problem(007)for the first time today (Mothers Day)and I thought it was congestion. After retrying several times I did a search and was brought here. After reading all the blogs(unlike the Idiot above me)I realized that If 50byts would not send It was not a size issue. I don't know if the https will work however because my file was 40.2MB compressed and zipped I decided to try a large carrier. As it turns out Pando sent it just fine. Pando is a separate mail service that has nothing to do with msm, yahoo, gmail, firewalls, etc. So give that a try if it "Just has to go out"
  

• By the way and I apologize, I forgot to mention this in the above blog but I use Mozilla Firefox and thats where I got the message so it's not a browser problem either.
  

• sir not open gmail pleals help
  

• i found i got the message when i sent an attachment biger than gmail allows. so i split it and it worked without that message "oops........."
  

• just for info: on firefox, no web acc, measly 55kb doc file and i got oopsed... i'm adding this for explanation of my previous entry
  

• How about someone offering a clear-cut solution? PLEASE
  

• DOES GMAIL NOT CARE TO HELP US OUT HERE????
  HELLOOOOOOOO, GMAIL???
  

• Not being funny or anything like that, but I also have the same problem, but how do I turn the web accelator thing off?
  Thanks
  

• The https:///www.gmail.com thingie worked for me pretty fine. Thanks
  

• got the error code 766 message 5 times and the atlast my gmail account openend .i did nothing except retrying again and again.
  

• Happening for me (code 008) and im just sending text, but at least i can now see my emails as i was not able to for the entire day :(
  

• i have the same problem.
  i try another pc and it work just fine.
  i don't know if mu pc setting got a prob.
  but i rather gamil than any other email account.
  
  somebody help plz.
  

• iam tired of this email error pls get this off my machine.. how do i do my buisness??
  

• am getting this error when iam trying to attach file to my mail help me
  

• i ve same 008 err.
  i couldnt upload word file.
  but then i could attach a notepad.
  probably i think its the bandwidth prob.
  

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• plze tell me the solution for the above error as early as possible
  

• I am getting an error with Gmail while sending an attachment of 15 kb file. The error displayed is
  
  "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 008)
  
  What could be the problem and what is solution.
  

• SOLUTION TO "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 008)" error
  
  1. Open explorer.
  2. Goto Tools>internet options > privacy tab.
  3. Move the settings slider to low.
  
  This solves the problem.
  

• aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh the last solution dosn`t work in my pc :S
  

• I am getting this problem for past three days....... Don' know what to do...
  

• if you are running securemaker, disable intruder securer.
  

• My gmail account shows Oops error when i send any mail with or without attachments...
  

• I've been using GMail as my primary e-mail for the past month, and it's worked pretty well. Searching e-mail is nice, the tagging features are helpful (for instance, I added a tag for a client which automatically includes every e-mail which contains contains their domain name), and it integrates well with the Google personalized desktop.
  
  However...
  
  Last week I wasn't able to access my e-mail for most of an afternoon. I kept getting a Javascript popup that said:
  
  "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation"
  
  I checked with friends via chat, and they were able to get their GMail just fine - it was just my account. I tried other browsers, cleared cookies, even tried other computers; same message. Searches revealed others who'd had the same problem, but no solutions which worked for me.
  
  This was a problem, since my e-mail contained conference call numbers, important project information, etc.
  
  GMail does provide a POP interface, so I'll probably run an e-mail client to keep a local e-mail copy in case this happens again. I'm posting this in case someone has come up with a solution to this problem and to recommend an offline e-mail backup (which is just good sense, anyways, in case the internet connection goes down).
  
  

• Disable the google web accelerator and it will be ok.
  

• Hi I was having the same problem I was trying to attach a 106mb file to send and I was getting Explorer 008 code error ..... Good old Microsoft!!!! so then I opened mozilla reopened gmail and I then sent the same e-mail from there and hey!!! Presto it works and it gave no errors and is now sending.....
  

• i had the same problem with the oops thing.. i was trying to send some pictures.. finally it worked with picassa :)
  

• From this day at the morning i cant send ANY mail to ANY one (receive just fine)
  
  Dont know what to do cause its my primary e-mail & i use it for my job
  
  Sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
  if anyone can help me problem this thing
  I"ll be soooooo glad
  
  2nd mail: lucky1979@walla.co.il
  

• I get this message whenever I have an attachment. It's not a big attachment (140 KB) so all you folks saying that it wont work with a big attachment, read again. Also, I do not and never had the Google web accelerator, so don't assume that scenario. I used Yahoo and it worked. I switched over to another pc with a faster speed and it worked finally in gmail. Gmail has some upload bandwidth issue. Read again.. GMAIL HAS ISSUES WITH UPLOAD BANDWIDTH. PLEASE FIX GOOGLE ENGINEERS, BECAUSE IN YAHOO IT WORKS. I'm fed up with this ooops excuse for attachments.
  

• well there are some answers for 007 there but what about 008 ppl
  

• how do you send multiple files without attaching each one
  

• I'm having the same problem,and it's really bothering me...
  did you find a solution yet!
  
  it's happening when i upload files.. yet , only uploading PDF files..
  
  confused.
  

• "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation"error code 007
  
  I checked with friends via chat, and they were able to get their GMail just fine -
  
  I am anable to open my email
  

• This problem is temperory in nature will resolve with in a few minutes. This is said by google support on this issue.
  
  This problem may be caused by traffic congestion in the internet severs that are heavily loaded.
  

• I cannot send my homework to my teacher because of this. GMail has been giving me the error for 4 days now.
  
  I AM GOING TO GET SOME EFFING BAD GRADES IF YOU DON'T FIX THIS RIGHT NOW! Bokay?
  

• I have recently added a wireless router and since this I am getting the same error. I can log into my gmail account, however, it seems to hang and then I get this error. I have logged a call with my router provider to investigate. Has anyone raised this problem with Gmail to look into?
  

• It is being a headache, using gmail but could not compose mail anymore and what's that 007? It isn't a James Bond movie so why is this problem in gmail? I am too much bothered trying every option to compose but... Please solve this. I am on the midway to my project and if it is not gonna work it will ruin me.
  HELP!
  

• I m also getting same error
  I m not able to log into my account. when ever i loginto my account it gives the same error. wat to do..?
  

• Disabled Web Accelerator and everything's ok
  

• sorry your computer doesnt suck, your internet does
  
  Ha HaHa
  

• Try to set the MTU value in your router configuration to 1492.
  008 problem is now solved (for me :-))) )
  

• While i am opening my gmail account the same error has been displayed.
  "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation Error code :007"
  I tried other browsers, cleared cookies, even tried other computers; same message had displayed.
  
  Kindly advise.
  

• Use https instead of http in the URL. No more error 008!
  

• I changed the attachment size to just under 30 megs and it worked.
  

• this errer many times promts me
  

• i disabled the google web accelerator and still doesnt work!!!
  

• I was suddenly failing to send even small attachments - I tried Ego's trick of using the https version of Gmail in the address box, and it cleared the problem immediately. Thanks, Ego!
  

• past 3 days i m facing this problem.plz help me for resolved the same. error code 008
  

• past 3 days i m facing this problem.plz help me for resolved the same. error code 008
  

• Glad to find this... had the same problem all day long, with no attachments and nothing changed in firewall, very short emails addressed to 1 or 2 ppl.
  
  https link above solved the problem.
  

• Hi all, I think simply logging out and re-establishing a new session may be enough to work around this issue. I just tried this (using https) and it's working fine again but I'm fairly sure I was using https in the first place too. Anyway good luck.
  

• i've tried the https url and i still get the same error. i wonder would it have anything to do with the NUMBER of emails sent? 2 days ago i exceeded the limit and my account was blocked for a day. or is it simply an internet rather than a gmail problem?
  

• i have encountered a problem when i want to login my gmail account
  

• Me too on the 008 error, happened when sending a 64mb attachment but not when sending 3mb attachment. i think in my case its to do with size. ...i only switched to gmail because i was sick of hotmail screwing up with attachments and i distictly remember gmail boasting deftness at handling such things. what was the name of the site? transferlargefiles.com?
  

• re: GMail: "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation"
  

• Just stop "Google Web Accelerator"
  
  worked straight away.
  

• How can I stop "Google web accelerator" ?
  

• i'm facing the same problem error 00. i read all above messeges but still i'm facing the same problem plzz help me....
  

• I too got this error message while chatting to one of my friend in cincinnati, but 007 clicks my head; i thought it would be a spyware. Soon i disabled my network card for a while and then enabled it again.
  """"Now i got my gmail back on the same place i left""".
  

• I m facing this problem how to solve it.
  

• I am getting this error from past few day when I am in office when I go home it works fine. I tried all the available soulution on this page and I even tried changing MTU values. Nothing is working. I lost all hope thinking of changing the email to Yahoo or Hotmail.
  

• it works fine if u running XP, but im getting the 008 and 007 error when running Vista. but still dunno how to solve it
  

• it works fine if u running XP, but im getting the 008 and 007 error when running Vista. but still dunno how to solve it
  

• I'm sory, but i don't use nor have Gmail and i Have this error !!!
  this is a malware or a virus !
  And i want to know the way to kill that.
  

• The same thing when trying to send masages with atachments . no matter how small.
  Will move to yahoo in this keep bothering .
  maybe if we all go away from gmail they will
  pay attention . (sorry if any mistakes i'm learning english) .
  

• I tried everything above listed, but discovered, THAT THE PROBLEM was Sygate firewall 5.4.
  gmail works fine, without sygate on. though i loved sygate, had to uninsall it and now i use Comodo.
  works just fine
  

• I have the same problem. It started few days ago without me changing any settings. I have no accelerator, no firewall, no virus. I've tried Opera, Firefox, IE. I deleted cache and all cookies. I've also tired https:// - nothing worked. It's definitely not problem on my side. Wake up Gmail!!!
  

• The file attached has by its side in blue 'remove'. The attachments cannot be sent to the receiver of the e-mail. G-mail worked very well for the past 2 years and now I face this problem, how do I send attachments?
  

• GMail: "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation"
  

• I cant my use my gamil account becose the error is oops...the system was unable to perform your operation" any one help me ????????????
  

• I have encountered the same problem since the zip file has password lock. After I remove password lock, I could use it perfectly. It may cause due to the reason of not be able to scan the file.
  

• HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WON'T OPEN EMAILS.MY SOLUTION IS REMOVE POWER TO MODEM AND REINSERT DO NOT TURN POWER OFF AT POWER POINT. THIS WORKS FOR ME BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY
  

• I am facing this problem when i try to send mail with attachments, but when i send mail without attachments it works just fine. Please help me on this.
  

• i keep getting 008 error - have tried all the above solutions but need to try to disable google web accelarator - how do i do this?
  

• Its because the file is too big. Usually it happens when there's an attachment
  

• Dear Sir:
  i wish you have good health i have a problems that when i want to send a file about 93.4MB its not sending i have mach problem now please inform my question and quikly answer me thanks
  Ajmal from Afghanistan
  

• To solve all the "error codes" problems..
  Just switch to Basic HTML view and perform your task.
  It has solved many problems for me..
  Hope it works for you all.. :)
  

• To solve all the "error codes" problems..
  Just switch to Basic HTML view and perform your task.
  It has solved many problems for me..
  Hope it works for you all.. :)
  

• The error comes up mostly when there are attachments on the email.
  

• Its an update virus from a firefox mainiac
  
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• I am facing this problem when i try to send mail with attachments, but when i send mail without attachments it works just fine. Please help me on this.
  

• Im trying to send a .mov file and it says "the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 007) please try again in a few seconds" i tryed zipping it up and nothing. I am on dial up but this was happening also when i had hi speed. i dont have any extra firewalls besides xp one,, im using free avg which is out of date. i dont have any Google Web Accelererator. I just want to send a video i made to my friend...
  
  

• Seeing how far back the posts on this problem date it would appear that none of the reasons posted are correct and I can't help but wonder why the Google team hasn't fixed this yet- the first post was NOV 2005!!!!!
  This just started a week ago on my home, work and laptop computers it's a daily event and is getting pretty old. I have no firewall, I have no accelerator not sending 10 minute videos attachments or no attachments not relevant as it hapens everytime I open Gmail. I always have to close and re-open. C'mon Google hop to it!!!
  

• @Arcero
  
  Great workaround! The https:// worked first time. The next time I tried with my usual link (non https) it worked fine too, but I kept getting Error 008 until I swapped in the https.
  
  I don't believe that this issue's associated with installed security software, because for me the problem is totally intermittent.
  

• i'm getting this on a CLEAN XP installation, SP3 and all Windows Updates installed, McAfee VirusScan Enterprise... no firewall apps besides XP, no content-filtering apps. Default browser security.
  
  I've tried both HTTP and HTTPS, no luck.
  
  So I've switched to Mozilla Thunderbird using IMAP, and it's working great. Hmmmmm...
  

• i thought gmail was the Sh*t until this happened. fed up now. Stupid ass google.
  

• Yesssss....https: works. Thanks.
  

• whenever i want to attached a file on gmail i got this message can any one guide me the right way to send attachment by the gmail....
  i wish that gmail team resolve this idiotic error
  

• I can't able to upload word and excel file, but i can upload *.rar, *.pdf file, what is the reason.
  

• ‘Oops.... not sent. (#008)’
  My work-around your mileage may vary.
  I receive this error intermittently when I connect from all over the world with various PCs, virus, spy and firewall interfaces. Solutions other than using an alternate email program:
  - Allow Gmail to fully load ‘all’ the attachments (all go blue) before you send.
  - Save in ‘Draft’ first and then open Draft allowing all the attachments to load then send.
  Gmail needs to address the ability for us to disengage the Draft function which appears to be part of the problem. Other email programs have the same boggle recently but after letting them fully load the attachments they usually work.
  

• Why is this happening...I turned off firewall that makes no sense!!!
  

• is there any way to prevent this? I've been getting similar errors the past weeks. Has anyone found a solution/explanation for this?
  
  and this has been happening since 2006?? sheesh
  

• I am having the problem for more than a week now. Tried different PC's, different locations & internet connections. Nothing seems to help. I used to love GMail, but i'm really starting to hate it now.
  

• mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=12336
  
  That's a support page that will tell you exactly what the problem is.
  

• I had the same problem, I resolved it by losing the browser and relaunching it. Works just fine. I guess google must try and resolve this bug. That might help all of us.
  

• We also face this problem in the time of attachment,We think its the problem of ie,we in stalled latest firefox the same problem exits,cleared all temp and every thing,if any one have the solution for this?
  

• i cnat send the email from gmail
  

• dude, it's been four years (almost) since your first post, and the problem still exists! my advice: ditch gmail for good. i'm getting the same 'oops' message, and am just relieved it's not my primary acct.
  

• I've reported this problem previously and it continues to be a persistent problem --- many dozens of times every day, I see this error message:
  
  oops --- the system was unable to perform your operation (error code 6400). Please try again in a few seconds.
  
  Often I have to click through that 5 or 6 times (or more)) before I can proceed.
  
  I see dozens of other people reporting the same problem. I've gone through all the recommended steps to try to get relief from this annoying problem, but it just continues. This has been going on for months.
  

• happens in firefox too...I have never had this error, and I've had gmail since it came out.
  

• i want to send some videoes to my friends,but i am not able to do it.when i try to send some photo and video then i received a message that,system was unable to perform your operation due to oops error code 008.i have a request to you,that plz fix this problem(oops error code 008)
  

• Last 3 days I am trying to open the gmail account but depressed me by sending message like "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation". whatever mail i was receiving was an important which should not go off. Pl. try to solve the problem as soon as possible.
  

• GUYS , probably it could because of the size of attachments that you send ...I faced the same probs , but I was able to send emails with out attachements.
  

• pls tell me what to do in step by step.i want your guidance
  

• pls answer me immediatly. i am in hurry
  

• If you're getting error code 6400, it has nothing to do with firewalls / attachments. Just retry sending it after a minute or so (may have to try several times). The prob seems on Gmail side..
  

• I get it all the time. Usually works after 5 minutes. Very annoying however.
  

• not able to send video file
  

• how can i solve my net problem
  

• it happens for me very frequently.. i cant open my gmail acct.. it says system error 007.. while in the same system my friends could access their accounts.. plssss helppp...
  

• oooooooooooooooooops the problme is error code 008 head ach on my head try to give the solution ?
  

• Plz help me out.I am getting error msg code 008 when I try to send a mail with attachements not more than 10MB.
  
  I tried with solutions provided but still unable to send the mail....
  
  
  plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me out
  

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• i cant open the spam itself ........while clicking it the same oops message appears..plz help me
  

• I changed my homepage choice to "about blank" and things cleared right up. Still have my fingers crossed though.
  

• # re: GMail: "oops...the system was unable to perform your operation"
  
  Plz help me out.I am getting error msg code 008 when I try to send a mail with attachements not more than 10MB.
  
  I tried with solutions provided but still unable to send the mail....
  
  plzzzzzzzzzzzzzz help me out
  
  
  

• error code 007 is occuring
  

• Check the attachment size... Gmail will support only 10 MB
  

• yeh , the same problems, it seems no body have an answer for this problem.or not willing to disclose.Better to servanence to this. may god bless the gmail users /lovers.
  
  parden
  

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