Rokewood
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Q: Messages and Yahoo

Why the repeated disconnects using Messages to connect to a Yahoo account?

 

YRequestHTTPErrorDomain error 999

 

Never seem to get any satisfactory answer to this or any solution

Posted on Sep 22, 2015 9:18 AM

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Q: Messages and Yahoo

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  • by Ralph Johns (UK),

    Ralph Johns (UK) Ralph Johns (UK) Sep 22, 2015 12:47 PM in response to Rokewood
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    Sep 22, 2015 12:47 PM in response to Rokewood

    Hi,

     

    I am seeing this, rather that what you see.

     

    Screen Shot 2015-09-22 at 20.28.56.png

     

    This suggests that the Yahoo Server that Apple choose to connect to is not available.

    Unfortunately the setting in the Preferences > Accounts does not let you try another server or port.

     

    Compared to the AIM, Jabber (including Google) and Bonjour Plugins the Yahoo one is a very poor relation.

    It has not changed since it's introduction in iChat 6.

     

    After a while Yahoo also stopped supporting the Yahoo for Mac app as well (that was last updated in 2012) and it no longer works in Yosemite.

    It also logged in to a different server.

     

    As Apple have left us with no changeable options in the Messages app there is not a lot we can do.

     

    Use this feedback page http://www.apple.com/feedback/ichat.html

    It is the  correct one even though it has not been updated since Snow Leopard.

    As a consequence you will need to enter all the info needed for the lower drop downs in the Free Text Area.

     

    You will not get a response but an update may then follow some point.

     

     

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    8:47 p.m.      Tuesday; September 22, 2015

     

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