Anybody know why I cant access my email?

M$ISBS · 02-03-2008, 03:31 PM

Ive tried with Opera and firefox. I click on the mail link on the yahoo main page like I always have and nothing happens, it just hangs with the watch mouse icon.
I have cookies, java and javascript enabled and it still does not work.

Anyone have any idea?

bsdunix · 02-03-2008, 03:58 PM

What happens when you try URL http://mail.yahoo.com ?

DragonSlayer48DX · 02-03-2008, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by bsdunix

What happens when you try URL http://mail.yahoo.com ?

If that doesn't work, wait a while and try again. If you still encounter problems, contact the Yahoo Team and report it. FWIW, Yahoo is going through a complete make-over, and most services to date are in the beta-testing stage. That is causing some sporadic problems with the performance of their 'original' services, as well.

Cheers

M$ISBS · 02-03-2008, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by bsdunix

What happens when you try URL http://mail.yahoo.com ?

I get the hourglass cursor and acts like its connecting but does not.

on a side note, for some reason I can only post here on LQ with Firefox, Opera will not let me log on to LQ, even after setting all the settings back to defaults, could there be a connection?

bsdunix · 02-04-2008, 07:50 AM

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I get the hourglass cursor and acts like its connecting but does not.

A corrupted $HOME/.mozilla directory? Rename your .mozilla directory to .mozilla-BAK, re-open Firefox and see if that fixes it.

I don't use Opera, so not sure if it has a $HOME/.opera directory that you could the same as with the .mozilla one.

M$ISBS · 02-04-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bsdunix

A corrupted $HOME/.mozilla directory? Rename your .mozilla directory to .mozilla-BAK, re-open Firefox and see if that fixes it.

I don't use Opera, so not sure if it has a $HOME/.opera directory that you could the same as with the .mozilla one.

But wouldnt that affect any page i try to visit?
I am only having problems with Yahoo mail.

bsdunix · 02-04-2008, 08:02 PM

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But wouldnt that affect any page i try to visit? I am only having problems with Yahoo mail.

I'm only offering a suggestion. If it doesn't work, rename the backed up directory to the original name.

I used Firefox ver. 2.0.0.6 and was able use the Mail link on the www.yahoo.com site without problem.

M$ISBS · 02-04-2008, 08:53 PM

Well, I just gave that a try and It didnt change anything.

Any other suggestions? This is driving me crazy.

cojo · 02-04-2008, 09:19 PM

can you ping mail.yahoo.com?

M$ISBS · 02-05-2008, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by cojo

can you ping mail.yahoo.com?

NO, I tried as user and root and all I get is Operation not permitted when i try to ping mail.yahoo.com, but I can log onto Yahoo.com and cannot ping it though? I get the same message, Operation not permitted.

Actually I cannot ping any address or name. I tried lots of different ones and I get the same message. Maybe im not doing it right? Its just "ping yahoo.com" right?