Mail Won't Search Before 2014

The yahoo mail seach funtion won't return results that include emails from prior years any suggestions?

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on January 2nd, 2014 5:36 PM

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1. This may reflect a huge problem that Yahoo has been dealing with. See http://www.pcworld.com/article/2079440/yahoo-mail-still-down-for-some-users-after-an-attempted-fix.html.

2. Or you can try these steps. at http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&y=PROD_MAIL_CLASSIC&locale=en_US&id=SLN3223&impressions=true.

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