# Anybody know wth is up with yahoo!mail?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 7, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201 "2012-05-07T18:02:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/1 "2012-05-07T18:02:27Z")
Yahoo!mail is refusing to let me reply or forward any mail. Anybody know what’s up? I’ve tried googling, but that seems to only reveal that other people had this problem in 2009.
There’s no error message, just a blank white space where the email template ought to be.
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### Author:  [@NGC2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NGC2024)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/2 "2012-05-07T18:36:48Z")
I’m of no use, except to tell you that I’m experiencing the same problem. It’s incredibly frustrating.
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### Author:  [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/3 "2012-05-07T18:38:59Z")
Tried all the usual stuff? Clearing cookies, etc.?
If so, there’s always [this](http://io.help.yahoo.com/contact/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL&page=contact).
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### Author:  [@phreesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phreesh)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/4 "2012-05-07T21:44:43Z")
Just a datapoint, but my account is working fine.
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### Author:  [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)
#### Post date: [May 7, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/5 "2012-05-07T23:51:52Z")
So is mine. I hope yours gets fixed and it’s not something that is spreading.
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### Author:  [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/6 "2012-05-08T00:04:09Z")
Yahoo mail seems to have serious issues on a regular basis.
I find it utterly amazing that they’re so incompetent in running a mail operation.
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### Author:  [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/7 "2012-05-08T00:17:02Z")
yahoo runs a number of mail servers. your browser has to be working well. lots of chances for something to occasionally go wrong. a reboot often helps.
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### Author:  [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/8 "2012-05-08T02:16:11Z")
No problems here. Haven’t had any that I can recall since 2006.
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### Author:  [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/9 "2012-05-08T02:24:39Z")
I am having the same problem as the OP right now. Makes me want to go beat a Yahoo over the head.
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### Author:  [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/10 "2012-05-08T02:29:58Z")
OK it’s back.
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### Author:  [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/11 "2012-05-08T04:08:07Z")
> [@phreesh](#):
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> Just a datapoint, but my account is working fine.
Mine also.
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### Author:  [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/12 "2012-05-08T10:10:19Z")
In another thread, someone posted [this URL](https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.src=ym&.done=http%3A%2F%2Fus.mc598.mail.yahoo.com%2Fmc%2Flaunch) to start Yahoo Mail in an older mode. It works for me.
I also operate [Gmail.com](http://Gmail.com) in Basic Mode. (When I accidentally get to Standard Mode I just want to click Basic Mode, but Standard Mode with my not-always-fast Internet connection so unresponsive I have trouble just doing that! :dubious: )
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### Author:  [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)
#### Post date: [May 8, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/13 "2012-05-08T18:07:04Z")
Still not working. I’ve cleared cookies, rebooted and cussed a lot. I’ll try septimus’s link next.
I’ve reported problems to yahoo’s help before, but since it’s a free service they don’t have a lot of motivation to help users.
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### Author:  [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2012, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-know-wth-is-up-with-yahoo-mail/621201/14 "2012-05-09T05:08:30Z")
> [@septimus](#):
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> In another thread, someone posted [this URL](https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?.src=ym&.done=http%3A%2F%2Fus.mc598.mail.yahoo.com%2Fmc%2Flaunch) to start Yahoo Mail in an older mode. It works for me.
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> I also operate [Gmail.com](http://Gmail.com) in Basic Mode. (When I accidentally get to Standard Mode I just want to click Basic Mode, but Standard Mode with my not-always-fast Internet connection so unresponsive I have trouble just doing that! :dubious: )
Yeah, I noticed that a long time ago. That’s at least one place where Yahoo is superior–it will remember which mode you picked.
And I second the suggestion of trying that mode. My parents have been using it ever since the latest change, and they haven’t had any problems.