How many servers does Yahoo have? Problem now?

drew · 2nd August 2012, 12:36 AM

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We're experiencing some technical difficulties...

We’re sorry, but Yahoo! Mail can't load due to a temporary error.
You can try back again shortly, or visit our help pages for ways
to troubleshoot the issue.

First time I have had these with yahoo
but I don't use them so often.

Legoman · 26th August 2012, 09:12 AM

I've got a Yahoo China account (.com.cn) which has worked without fail via POP3 for more years than I can remember. Just recently (last few days) it has been inaccessible via POP completely, but shows no other signs of distress in working every other way. Can find no info on web about this. Wondering if Yahoo China have disabled POP access and not bothered telling anyone?

Just cannot logon to incoming mail server . CHeck username/password/settings etc. messages, but settings have not changed in mail client for very long time.

drew · 26th August 2012, 11:58 AM

You could be right.
Yesterday when I tried to use hotmail
to pull which is a form of pop into a webmail
like Hotmail then it told me that I needed
a payed yahoo account.

Ymail which I trust is an Australian advertising
company? They had pop for free. Feel bad to lie
about me being related to Australia though so
I deleted that account.

I think yahoo has changed rules most likely.

Legoman · 26th August 2012, 12:23 PM

Having no luck here. Can't find out what's gone wrong with Yahoo, can't get YPOPs to work either (seems a very old program not updated in ages, so not much of a surprise it won't work). All the hacks & work arounds I've been able to find to get POPs working again appear to have gone. You can't change your region within the account preferences anymore to Singapore, Hong Kong, UK or Ireland or Philippines or wherever it was that still had free POP access. That option has disappeared altogether.

Pisses me off when companies change things like this and don't bother telling anyone they're gonna do it.

William9 · 26th August 2012, 02:40 PM

I'm still getting messages popped (copied) into my Outlook.com account from my free Yahoo! account.

David · 26th August 2012, 03:09 PM

My Yahoo.ca account is still working fine. Download via POP (via a local client) is still working too.

Legoman · 26th August 2012, 03:10 PM

I don't understand why my iPhone can still check for messages on it fine, but Outlook is knackered.

drew · 26th August 2012, 04:48 PM

They maybe use different "protocol"
when they ask for to pop the email.

Either somebody reading this knows
about that difference or you have to ask
on a forum for Apple? Compare how they
fill in the boxes on different parameters.

I know too little.

William9 · 27th August 2012, 04:37 AM

My understanding is that the iPhone (iOS) Yahoo! app (and possibly iOS Mail) does not use POP protocol to read messages on Yahoo! mail servers. Those apps/clients may use IMAP or Exchange protocol even for free Yahoo! accounts. And may use different ports.

soromak · 27th August 2012, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William9

My understanding is that the iPhone (iOS) Yahoo! app (and possibly iOS Mail) does not use POP protocol to read messages on Yahoo! mail servers. Those apps/clients may use IMAP or Exchange protocol even for free Yahoo! accounts. And may use different ports.

I rarely use my free ymail account but it works fine through imap (SSL connection, port 993)...I haven't used POP for ages now, so can't say anything about it.

drew · 27th August 2012, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by William9

My understanding is that the iPhone (iOS) Yahoo! app (and possibly iOS Mail) does not use POP protocol to read messages on Yahoo! mail servers. Those apps/clients may use IMAP or Exchange protocol even for free Yahoo! accounts. And may use different ports.

Legoman, what William9 write in my quote is most likely
the correct answer.

Apple wants it to work out with such big actors as yahoo
so they have tested until they found a way for to get it.

When one use a standard computer browser then they
have had no such motives as I get it. They leave it up to us
to follow the instructions at yahoo and Mozilla or whatever.

But on a smartphone they know the customer expect things
to just work so they are more motivated to find solutions.

chrisretusn · 28th August 2012, 02:03 AM

I had problems too. I could not access anything that was yahoo.com, for several hours, perhaps more than a day? Not sure on how long. My other accounts that use a different yahoo URL worked, only yahoo.com was out.

It's all better now.

26th August 2012, 09:12 AM	#2
Legoman Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19	I've got a Yahoo China account (.com.cn) which has worked without fail via POP3 for more years than I can remember. Just recently (last few days) it has been inaccessible via POP completely, but shows no other signs of distress in working every other way. Can find no info on web about this. Wondering if Yahoo China have disabled POP access and not bothered telling anyone? Just cannot logon to incoming mail server . CHeck username/password/settings etc. messages, but settings have not changed in mail client for very long time.

26th August 2012, 11:58 AM	#3
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,460	You could be right. Yesterday when I tried to use hotmail to pull which is a form of pop into a webmail like Hotmail then it told me that I needed a payed yahoo account. Ymail which I trust is an Australian advertising company? They had pop for free. Feel bad to lie about me being related to Australia though so I deleted that account. I think yahoo has changed rules most likely.

26th August 2012, 12:23 PM	#4
Legoman Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19	Having no luck here. Can't find out what's gone wrong with Yahoo, can't get YPOPs to work either (seems a very old program not updated in ages, so not much of a surprise it won't work). All the hacks & work arounds I've been able to find to get POPs working again appear to have gone. You can't change your region within the account preferences anymore to Singapore, Hong Kong, UK or Ireland or Philippines or wherever it was that still had free POP access. That option has disappeared altogether. Pisses me off when companies change things like this and don't bother telling anyone they're gonna do it.

26th August 2012, 02:40 PM	#5
William9 Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,691	I'm still getting messages popped (copied) into my Outlook.com account from my free Yahoo! account.

26th August 2012, 03:09 PM	#6
David Intergalactic Postmaster Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: location, location Posts: 9,249	My Yahoo.ca account is still working fine. Download via POP (via a local client) is still working too.

26th August 2012, 03:10 PM	#7
Legoman Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 19	I don't understand why my iPhone can still check for messages on it fine, but Outlook is knackered.

26th August 2012, 04:48 PM	#8
drew The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,460	They maybe use different "protocol" when they ask for to pop the email. Either somebody reading this knows about that difference or you have to ask on a forum for Apple? Compare how they fill in the boxes on different parameters. I know too little.

27th August 2012, 04:37 AM	#9
William9 Master of the @ Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 1,691	My understanding is that the iPhone (iOS) Yahoo! app (and possibly iOS Mail) does not use POP protocol to read messages on Yahoo! mail servers. Those apps/clients may use IMAP or Exchange protocol even for free Yahoo! accounts. And may use different ports.

28th August 2012, 02:03 AM	#12
chrisretusn Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philippines Posts: 474	I had problems too. I could not access anything that was yahoo.com, for several hours, perhaps more than a day? Not sure on how long. My other accounts that use a different yahoo URL worked, only yahoo.com was out. It's all better now.