I derived a simple python script from checkgmail some time ago - still seems to work (atom and browser), but currently also checkgmail works fine for me. Here it is:
[http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/396447/][1]
Maybe Google just temporarily changed something and that put ppl's IPs on a temporary ban list. Who knows...
[1]: http://paste.ubuntuusers.de/396447/.
2009-10-06 19:03:38 UTC in CheckGmail