# Can't get into Yahoo mail/IM

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-into-yahoo-mail-im/472540>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 13, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-into-yahoo-mail-im/472540 "2008-11-13T15:42:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-into-yahoo-mail-im/472540/1 "2008-11-13T15:42:47Z")

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The Yahoo page comes up normally, it shows me I have three unread emails, and then when I try to go into my mailbox it says:

> [@](#):
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> The network link was interrupted while negotiating a connection. Please try again.

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Trying again doesn’t work. I checked the “is it just me” site and they say it’s just me. IM also won’t load, but there’s no particular error message, just “do you want to try again.”

I tried rebooting, that didn’t work.

Any ideas? My browser is Firefox, other frequently visited sites (and all other email accts.) loading normally.

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2008, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-get-into-yahoo-mail-im/472540/2 "2008-11-13T17:03:53Z")

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Never mind, it seems to have gotten over its snit – four hours later.