OT - anyone having problems with yahoo messenger?

Yes, it's been dead for well over an hour now.

=thomas

Jenn/Jalynne wrote:

I can't log onto Y-msgr but I am in Australia. Surely any problems would not be world-wide?

Not just Yahoo messenger. I can't get onto my yahoo mail either.

Debbi > Just wondering if it's only my computer or whether they're working on

cant get into msg'r all day today, still trying tho. when i go to 'my yahoo' page i can see who is online with msg'r but i cant IM them. i saw u there, jenn. :) jess couldnt get hers to log in either. shes sleeping by now i hope. i can get into yahoo mail ok and all my groups tho. dont know what nonsense they are up to but i dont like it. they damn well best fix what ails'em and fix it fast or else. dont ask me "or else what?"... how do i know, just fuming in the south pacific. :))

From emails I've had so far Yahell is also dead all over Canada, I'm in NW USA. Also dead in Alaska. I've been trying to log onto messenger since about

2pm and it's about 5:15 now *sigh*

Val

Yahell - how right you are!

I keep telling newbies it is the lowest common denominator. Any system that tries to be that all encompassing is going to fall short on performance!!

(((groan)))

Just go on to my yahoo mail account. Talk about things being weird, there were 10 messages on yahoo that were sent to my regular account, showed up on both accounts. WEIRD!!!

Debbi in So CA

Jenn/Jalynne wrote:

Well, we could use MSN messenger as a backup, you think?? I'm Jalynne27 at hotmail dot com there, so....if you're so inclined....

Besides, it's much cooler down here in the basement.

I was wondering if it was just here - I bet it's the update they just released.

Hehe, i wouldn't be at all surprised.

Debbi wrote in news:raBwg.15198$Nv.11131@fed1read10:

Here in Holland Messenger was dead too.. Started working again at 07.30 AM my time.. Mail was ok though , no problems there.

FiederYahoooooEls.

It's Yahell again

*hopefully* the down time will have had some use like not getting blocked by their Spam guard for all the groups *including* my own one (yep I get treated as a Spammer by my own group!) and their tech support has been exceptionally useful like telling me stuff I can find in the help section

On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 05:45:45 +0000 (UTC), FiederEls in NL >

DD has just telephoned me to see if our computer was playing up as she has an academic research paper (for which she gets paid) to send in today and it won't 'go'. I told her it was Yahell (apparently btinternet has some connection with Yahoo) so she has gone to try her DH's AOL. Fingers crossed.

I'm hotmail so sent her a test message, but of course she can't see it!

-- Sally at the Seaside ~~~~~~~~~~ (uk)

Yes BT works closely together with yahoo - especially with the messenger - the UK version is "with BT communicator" :-(

Yahoo has decided I'm a Spammer doesn't matter if I use the old wanadoo ISP or the new orange ISP it still considers me a Spammer

yeah right.. like sending Starry night swap info out or keeping out with friends is Spamming

fingers crossed she gets it out on time!

The last three or so Yahell updates have huge amounts of encoded spyware that none of your Spyware programs or antivirus' can remove and the majority they won't even detect. As soon as you agree to update you agree to open the doors to let these buggers into your computer. They go to the deep bowels of your registry and are "clones" so if you do remove the few that are detected by regular means they just come back again. Thank goodness I have a very computer savvy, professional techy geek son who spent over two (mumbling and grumbling) hours "going where no human had gone before" removing this garbage and obliterating Big Brother Yahell. These are not only trackers and tracers but also keystroke loggers. These little bugs make a lot of money by generating saleable information. (more SPAM, mmm, yummy) I am now running a

3 year old, archaic version of Messenger and all updates are blocked. No, I have no idea how he did this, that's why he gets the big bucks and I feed him pot roast dinners. I can still text message with all those on my list who have updated, some I can still voice chat with but I can no longer send or receive files (email solves that little glitch) or use the cam since I'm "not compatible". I now no longer 'play well with others' :-( but it's amazing how much speed my machine has picked up since having this junk removed. The other little kicker to this deal is that if you do completely uninstall Yahoo Messenger, even using various clean sweep type uninstall programs, the cloning tracker, tracer and key stroke loggers stay in your deep registry to relay info back to Yahell and their cohorts but you won't even know they are there. Oh, and BTW, if you import/export any address books from any other email programs to Yahoo mail, it uses those addresses, too.

These links will give you a little insight on what happened yesterday and what is being done with instant messaging in general

?id=4755&category Val

I was told that if you move a mistaken spam to your inbox, that will take it off the spam list. Niasha

I had prodigy software for years after Yahoo and Sbc took over. I purchased a new computer last year and finally decided to use the Yahoo software. Problems ever since. The thing I hate most about Yahoo is the way they just take over your computer, forcing you to suffer through their ads, go to their groups, etc. While some of their features are good, however, the ones I like the most (like adding favorites vs their bookmarks) are gone. I stuck with Prodigy for over ten years. After one year with Yahoo I'm changing. niasha

Val, are there any items we can remove ourselfs? niasha