I have had(and still have) access problems to Gmail, along with some other people...It's a random issue.Some people can get through ,Others (like me) get a Blank page with "Loading..." in the left top corner
But I found this article on Google News www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/25/gmail_glitch/
Which confirms my theory that the servers are at fault. This bug has been ongoing for about 2 weeks

So my advice is ...Don't touch anything! "Normal service will be resumed as soon as Possible"
PS The Gmail notifier program is still running and does tell you what mail is waiting (and from whom)But no access from there either

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Has come back on as if nothing has happened (24 hours off) No system message
Maybe they are taking individual servers off line for maintenance and there is no backup servers . Hence the selective outages?