I Cannot Get Into My E-mail- Code 999

MY YAHOO E-MAIL HAS BEEN DOWN ALL DAY, I HAVE TRIED FROM A # OF COMPUTERS.

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Answer #1: Posted by anyavnclv on July 22nd, 2010 2:47 PM

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I am so sorry you are having a hard time accessing your Yahoo! Mail. I found the following information posted online.

I usually get that error if I've been using many Yahoo services at one time, or I have been accessing Yahoo Answers and Mail back and forth.

Error 999 is a bandwidth error that can be triggered many ways; one is through posting a LOT of links to the Y! answers site, and another is using Yahoo for long periods of time or using many Yahoo services at once. It can appear at random sometimes. Yahoo has Error 999 to prevent Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

An 'official' statement from Yahoo: "The Error 999 code is a result of pirated IP addresses, and the blockage has been instituted as an Abuse safeguard. In these instances, Yahoo! has intentionally blocked these IP addresses. Yahoo! monitors all network activity and when they notice a significantly high amount of activity coming from a specific IP address or a proxy, Yahoo! blocks it. The downfall to this is that most pirated IP addresses belong to small business or home users. When Yahoo! blocks the IP address to safeguard against getting hit, the original owners of the IP addresses also get blocked."

Solutions:
*Clear cache and cookies
*Reboot computer
*Don't use any Yahoo service for 30 minutes
*If you're using a dial-up modem or some other access method that results in you using a dynamic IP address, try disconnecting from the Internet and waiting a few minutes and then reconnecting.
*If you have a web accelerator, try turning it off.

I hope this helps you out. Good luck!

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