Cant Open Yahoo Mail?

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Cant Open Yahoo Mail?

This is really strange. I cant open my Yahoo Mail page from either of my two MBPs. I have tried Safari and Firefox with same problems.

I get this message: Too many redirects occurred trying to open “ http://login.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=us&rand=534325947&i=IWZkZHNKYX13d2Z4fyF 0c2ZzcnRKYnV1eHUhdGRKjmR4eHx%2bYlN%2bemJjWHJz&.src=ym”. This might occur if you open a page that is redirected to open another page which then is redirected to open the original page.

I can open My Yahoo page but it wont open to my Mail page.

No problem opening on my cheapo Dell on Firefox...

I emptied the cache but no fix.

thanks for any help,
frank

MacBookPro3,1 C2D 2.4 GHz, 2GB, 800 MHz, Mac OS X (10.4.10)

Posted on Sep 18, 2007 8:38 PM

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raitosan

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Sep 18, 2007 10:43 PM in response to fjp999

It sounds like Y!Mail is not recognizing your Y! Auth cookies for some reason. Strange that this would happen in both Safari and Firefox. Are you using the "Beta" Mail or the Classic mail?

You might also try posting your question at the official Yahoo Mail group:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Y-Mail/

Peace,
Craig

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fjp999 Author

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Sep 18, 2007 11:00 PM in response to raitosan

Thanks for the Peace Craig, I am using the Classic.

It really is strange that it would suddenly happen. And not only on one MBP but two MBPs.

I just tried it on the old version of Internet Explorer for Mac and dont even get an error page just blank... then tried it on Opera and am able to get on my YMail page.

So what is the difference with all Safari, Firefox, IE and Opera? Strange isnt it...

Will look on the yahoo link.

thanks,
frank

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robnich

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Sep 19, 2007 8:56 AM in response to fjp999

I have noted the same thing exactly. Using my Mac mini with OS 10.4.10, I cannot reach the Yahoo Mail page with either Firefox or Safari, and get the same error message. No problem with my Dell PC, and, strangely, I am able to access Yahoo Mail with my iBook, which still has OS 10.4.8.

The problem persists through restarts and emptying the Firefox and Safari caches. I have a strong feeling the problem is at the Yahoo end, and not my Mac's fault.

Bob N.

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ElBiggus

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Sep 19, 2007 9:01 AM in response to robnich

Not that it's any consolation or help, but Y! Mail (Classic and Beta) work fine for me using FF, Safari, Opera and Camino (plus IE6 via WINE, although it looks fugly). If you have any extensions enabled, try turning them off and seeing if it helps.

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robnich

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Sep 19, 2007 10:00 AM in response to fjp999

Well, here's what worked for me: sign out of Yahoo, and then sign back in. After doing that I could access Yahoo Mail normally. Weird. Probably sets a new cookie.

Bob N.

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Answer 6

Sep 19, 2007 2:24 PM in response to fjp999

Maybe Yahoo resolved their technical issue?
cause that link you posted works fine now.

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fjp999 Author

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Sep 19, 2007 4:19 PM in response to robnich

Bob N, signing out of Yahoo then back into it also worked for me...

The really odd thing is that I only signed out of one MBP and the other slept. So I went to the sleeping MBP to do the same but it had already fixed itself (maybe from the first reset).

I find this really odd that for some reason all my Mac yahoo accounts are connected somehow. Maybe thru the internet connections???

thanks all,
frank

p.s. Now another really strange thing. I am trying to give Bob N a solved point but the solved box link wont work. I will try again later....

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