# Anyone else having a problem with Yahoo Mail?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 14, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062 "2005-11-14T22:13:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/1 "2005-11-14T22:13:31Z")
When I go to send an e-mail or move something to a folder, I usually get a “There was a problem accessing your account” screen two or three times before the desired action. It’s been like this all weekend, from 2 different computers. I’ve reported it every day, and they keep telling me it’s temporary. It clears up after a few refreshes, but I shouldn’t need to keep doing that.
Anyone else having similar difficulties?
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### Author:  [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/2 "2005-11-14T22:21:04Z")
Yup. It happened to me last night and today. The key is to refresh, not go “back.” Found that out the hard way after waiting a loooong time for an attachment to load.
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### Author:  [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2005, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/3 "2005-11-14T22:26:58Z")
Not today, but last week was diabolical. I kept getting a variety of different error messages and couldn’t receive or send mail for several days.
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### Author:  [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/4 "2005-11-15T00:01:01Z")
Yeah, “trouble accessing account” for the last three or four days. Interestingly, I have two Yahoo accounts; I have been having trouble with one but not with the other.
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### Author:  [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/5 "2005-11-15T00:04:16Z")
I have this problem on a regular basis with Yahoo mail. For many moons, even. I just hit the Refresh button or F5 and it usually decides to cooperate.
I wish I could set up a recognition period longer than 24 hours with Yahoo, though. It seems like _every_ morning, I have to remind it who I am while I am in the middle of reading through my overnight e-mail.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/6 "2005-11-15T00:58:47Z")
I’ve noticed it is running rather slow.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/7 "2005-11-15T01:26:30Z")
Dittoes.
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### Author:  [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/8 "2005-11-15T03:53:25Z")
Grrrr.
> [@Yahoo Mail](#):
>
> Sorry, the page you requested was not found.
> Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you’re having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting the Yahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!'s online services. Also, you may find what you’re looking for if you try searching below.
No, morons. I didn’t misspell it or miscapitalise it. I clicked on **your** link. :mad:
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### Author:  [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/9 "2005-11-15T04:01:28Z")
It never _ever_ works for me the first time, either. I have to log in at least twice and refresh a couple of times after that. It’s been like that for months.
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### Author:  [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/10 "2005-11-15T04:11:43Z")
For over a week and a half now, I haven’t been able to get into one of my folders. No amount of refreshing or logging out and in has been able to fix it. It wasn’t any help to write to Yahoo about it either.
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### Author:  [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/11 "2005-11-15T04:12:31Z")
Just by the way, I have a zillion Gmail invitations if anyone wants one.
Actually, I’m not sure you even still need an invitation for Gmail. But if anyone wants one anyway, e-mail’s in my profile.
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### Author:  [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/12 "2005-11-15T04:15:41Z")
Holy flurking schnitt, never mind. It just decided to let me in. Thank you, Og, for hearing my plight and fixing it so swiftly.
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### Author:  [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/13 "2005-11-15T16:51:20Z")
It’s still running painfully slow for me. Anyone get an answer from Yahoo tech support?
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### Author:  [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/14 "2005-11-15T17:23:23Z")
I never thought I’d see the day that SDMB would be faster than Yahoo Mail. Today is that day.
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### Author:  [@\_Deep\_F\_ied](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_Deep_F_ied)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/15 "2005-11-15T17:28:31Z")
I think they are changing the “My Yahoo” main page format.
I noticed the problems when I attempted to check on my dominance of the SDMB Pickem’ Football Pool. 🙂
When I got the the main page it said something of the effect of “Welcome to the new and improved My Yahoo!”
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### Author:  [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)
#### Post date: [November 15, 2005, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/16 "2005-11-15T17:48:05Z")
Still no answer from them.
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### Author:  [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2005, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/17 "2005-11-16T01:12:30Z")
> [@jackelope](#):
>
> Just by the way, I have a zillion Gmail invitations if anyone wants one.
>
> Actually, I’m not sure you even still need an invitation for Gmail. But if anyone wants one anyway, e-mail’s in my profile.
I actually have a GMail account, but I hate it. I really don’t like the way GMail groups e-mail. At least Yahoo gives you the option of sorting by Sender, Subject, or Date (like a “normal” e-mail client should), and makes it easy to identify new messages without making them part of a “discussion.”
I also have a Hotmail account, but it gets _way_ more spam than my Yahoo account does.
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### Author:  [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/18 "2005-11-16T13:57:40Z")
God, what a bitch it’s being.
First of all. . .i was getting that “cannot access” crap.
But now, I can get into my mailbox, but everything is taking FOREVER.
And, I need to go there to check MY dominance in the SDMB Football Pick’Em pool. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/19 "2005-11-16T14:14:31Z")
I just asked my co-worker if he was having this problem. :dubious: Yahoo Mail has been painfully slow and prone to errors all week for me.
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### Author:  [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2005, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-a-problem-with-yahoo-mail/331062/20 "2005-11-16T14:26:07Z")
I can do everything in there just find EXCEPT to send mail. That’s not been working at all.
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