I keep getting the following error message when I log into Yahoo! mail
on my home computer.

"Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We
apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later."

I am however able to successfully login to Yahoo mail at work.
I have tested with other Yahoo! mail accounts other than mine and got same results.

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Request for Question Clarification by robertskelton-ga on 30 Dec 2003 20:14 PST

How long has this problem lasted in this instance?

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Clarification of Question by tipsy0807-ga on 30 Dec 2003 23:36 PST

For six days now.

even though this does not tell you why, Try doing this first.

         Sign in through yahoo chat, http://chat.yahoo.com/, then
after you are logged in, in the url change the "chat" to "mail" so the
url looks like "http://mail.yahoo.com/" and hit enter or GO on your
browser. It should let you go through. (Hopefully)

This is a quote i got from another forum, You don't seem to be the
only person, plus this seem to be happening for awhile...

When login in Yahoo mail, most of the times appears the following
message:"This page is currently unavailable. Unfortunately, we are
unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the
inconvenience. Please try again later.". I'm not able to solve this
problem yet.



Posted by: Antonio Martin at November 29, 2003 06:08 AM 
sign in through chat and than click on mail link at the top of the
page. I have the same prob. and this is what i have to do every time.

I have got the same error messages. I login using yahoo messenger and
then click on overview tab to login to yahoo mail if default browser
is IE.

Email works okay the normal way in Netscape Navigator. No need to
login through messenger if you have Netscape Navigator.

Many people in this case are facing this problem right ???
"This page is currently unavailable. Unfortunately, we are unable to
process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please try again later.".

As my experience as System Administrator in Malaysia about 2 years,
i'm facing this problem too...

and now i I have a solutions, maybe you're using DSL modem with router
or maybe this course is from your enterprise that have a proxy
firewall such an example ISA firewall. But let make this thing simple,
So the best way is try lowering the MTU.
What is MTU? MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum size of
each packet sent (in octets).

If you're using DSL Modem with Router
The MTU can be found on web-based configuration just an example on
Aztech DSL modem is http://starmodem or http://192.168.1.1
1. Go in the Expert Mode
2. in Wan Connections. u saw PPP WAN uplink. Click Edit.
3. Click Edit 'Ip Interface' 
4. now u will find the MTU. Change it to 1350.
5. Click Change

That is based on Aztech DSL Modem, but i think it's a same concept on
other brand.. I hope u all can solve this problem..
Now u can check ur yahoo mail without clicking the secure site. :)

p/s : about the MTU, u can put it higher if u like, but try to
experiment it if it work when using yahoo mail.. until u get the best
MTU. Credit also to anon for sharing ideas. :)

regards,
Syed
a.k.a sneak_nakata