Subj : Re: my.yahoo.com email and mozilla ?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : jmh
Date : Wed Jul 07 2004 01:38 pm

Shadow_7 wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jul 2004 17:33:10 -0400, Stuart Fuller wrote:
> 
> 
>>Shadow_7 wrote:
>>
>>
>>>It appears that something changed a month or so back.  I have been unable
>>>to access yahoo email through mozilla under linux.  I get pushed to a
>>>verify logon page when I try to access the email.  And after
>>>verification, it puts me back to the same page. Are there any tricks to
>>>work around this issue. Or is yahoo just another evil M$ only entity?
>>
>>Most likely, it's a cookie (or lack thereof) issue.
> 
> 
> That was my thought, but I'm allowing cookies (and offsite images) for
> my.yahoo.com, yahoo.com, login.yahoo.com, and whatever else I can find. 
> And still no luck.  I even went to allowing all cookies and all offsite
> images from all sources.  I used to be able to access my.yahoo.com through
> the mozilla browser.  But now I can't.
> 
> Yes, for those wondering which mozilla, what part of mozilla, etc.  I am
> using mozilla-browser with mozilla-psm.  Mozilla version 1.7 in debian
> (sid) with a 2.6.x kernel, not that it's any different with a 2.4.x kernel.
> 
> my.yahoo.com allows me to login and shows the email / news page, but when
> I click on the inbox, it prompts for me to verify the login and starts the
> ugly looping process.  FWIW, I had to go into windows to even register a
> yahoo account.  And groups.yahoo.com has always had this behavior.  But up
> until recently, email didn't.
> 
> Shadow_7
> 

I can access my email at yahoo, going through the
my.yahoo.com page without problem. I am using an
old version of mazilla (1.4.2) with RH9. Don't know
how much that is though. Also, they did just do an
upgrade to the mail a short while back--but I don't
think it was a month ago.


jmh

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