Cannot access Yahoo UPDATED

Thanks for the update.

This is crazy. I read about the possibility of Yahoo not being available in certain areas at certain times. I was in Simi Valley,CA when this happened but I have been there before and had Yahoo. Left this morning and drove to Fresno,CA about 150 miles north and now I have Yahoo on all computers and tablet.

Very strange indeed

HappyKayakers wrote:
Did you try using the ip address instead of the URL?

Yup. I found where Yahoo has different addresses depending on location. I tried 6 and none worked.

I guess my next thing to try is a reset of the mifi and see what happens

Did you try using the ip address instead of the URL?

dons2346 wrote:

rk911 wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:

dons2346 wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:
Here's an idea to rule out one problem. When you're using the phone as a hotspot, bring up a command prompt and ping myyahoo.com. Write down that IP address.

Then go back to the mifi connection. Open a browser and instead of putting in myyahoo.com as the address, use the ip address. If it works with the ip address, you have a name resolution problem associated with the mifi.

I don't understand the "name resolution" association. Would this affect every computer I am using plus my pad?

Not necessarily. You certainly have a strange problem. This check will take about 5 mins to try and not involve any additional harm to your computer.

If it doesn't work, then the previous suggestion about clearing cookies might help. I always hate starting with that cuz that means I have to reinput passwords and a few other things on favorite sites.

you don't necessarily have to clear cookies...just the temp files. but if that doesn't work then clearing cookies may help.

But guys, this is on multiple devices, not just one. I don't see how clearing cookies and temp files would affect all of them at once.

sorry...that part obviously didn't click in my brain. well, clear out your temp files on the computer and see what happens. can't hurt and I've seen stranger things happen. you may have coincidental different issues on each platform resulting in the same behavior. not likely but possible.

beyond that I think i would try creating a new Yahoo identity...something quick and dirty just to see if you can bring up the my.yahoo.com page associated with the new identity. if you can then there is something wrong with the old identity otherwise it may be something common on each of your platforms...a virus of some sort?

last week my buddy's wife had a problem with her Yahoo mail. it was taking between 3-24 hours for e-mail to show up in her inbox. after spending some time trying to troubleshoot the problem I created a new Yahoo ID for her. the result was the mail worked just fine on the new ID. beats me what was wrong but as I said...stranger things have happened.

rk911 wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:

dons2346 wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:
Here's an idea to rule out one problem. When you're using the phone as a hotspot, bring up a command prompt and ping myyahoo.com. Write down that IP address.

Then go back to the mifi connection. Open a browser and instead of putting in myyahoo.com as the address, use the ip address. If it works with the ip address, you have a name resolution problem associated with the mifi.

I don't understand the "name resolution" association. Would this affect every computer I am using plus my pad?

Not necessarily. You certainly have a strange problem. This check will take about 5 mins to try and not involve any additional harm to your computer.

If it doesn't work, then the previous suggestion about clearing cookies might help. I always hate starting with that cuz that means I have to reinput passwords and a few other things on favorite sites.

you don't necessarily have to clear cookies...just the temp files. but if that doesn't work then clearing cookies may help.

But guys, this is on multiple devices, not just one. I don't see how clearing cookies and temp files would affect all of them at once.

HappyKayakers wrote:

dons2346 wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:
Here's an idea to rule out one problem. When you're using the phone as a hotspot, bring up a command prompt and ping myyahoo.com. Write down that IP address.

Then go back to the mifi connection. Open a browser and instead of putting in myyahoo.com as the address, use the ip address. If it works with the ip address, you have a name resolution problem associated with the mifi.

I don't understand the "name resolution" association. Would this affect every computer I am using plus my pad?

Not necessarily. You certainly have a strange problem. This check will take about 5 mins to try and not involve any additional harm to your computer.

If it doesn't work, then the previous suggestion about clearing cookies might help. I always hate starting with that cuz that means I have to reinput passwords and a few other things on favorite sites.

you don't necessarily have to clear cookies...just the temp files. but if that doesn't work then clearing cookies may help.

dons2346 wrote:

HappyKayakers wrote:
Here's an idea to rule out one problem. When you're using the phone as a hotspot, bring up a command prompt and ping myyahoo.com. Write down that IP address.

Then go back to the mifi connection. Open a browser and instead of putting in myyahoo.com as the address, use the ip address. If it works with the ip address, you have a name resolution problem associated with the mifi.

I don't understand the "name resolution" association. Would this affect every computer I am using plus my pad?

Not necessarily. You certainly have a strange problem. This check will take about 5 mins to try and not involve any additional harm to your computer.

If it doesn't work, then the previous suggestion about clearing cookies might help. I always hate starting with that cuz that means I have to reinput passwords and a few other things on favorite sites.

HappyKayakers wrote:
Here's an idea to rule out one problem. When you're using the phone as a hotspot, bring up a command prompt and ping myyahoo.com. Write down that IP address.

Then go back to the mifi connection. Open a browser and instead of putting in myyahoo.com as the address, use the ip address. If it works with the ip address, you have a name resolution problem associated with the mifi.

I don't understand the "name resolution" association. Would this affect every computer I am using plus my pad?

rk911 wrote:

The Texan wrote:
MyYahoo.com which is my home page and access point to my yahoo mail. No error msg, just won't do anything.

on the off chance that you did make a grammatical error the web address is actually my.yahoo.com, not myyahoo.com. give that a try...otherwise try clearing out your cache, temp files, etc. if you're using internet explorer you can do that...

TOOLS:INTERNET OPTIONS

for ie10 click DELETE in the box about 2/3 of the way down. earlier versions should be something similar.

It is in my internet options home page and loads automatically when I turn the computer on, so there is no mistake in the address, just the way I posted it.