Important Notice: We're experiencing email notification issues. If you've posted a question in the community forums recently, please check your profile manually for responses while we're working to fix this.

On Monday the 3rd of March, around 5pm UTC (9am PT) users may experience a brief period of downtime while one of our underlying services is under maintenance.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

This thread was archived. Please ask a new question if you need help.

bad request when trying to load yaho mail

  • 1 reply
  • 4 have this problem
  • 3 views
  • Last reply by cor-el

bernddotzauer
bernddotzauer
more options

tried to send e-mail from a website and mac- mail popped up asking for my yahoo password but not accepting it so i copied the mail adress, cancelled mail, and tried to go to yaho mail to send the e-mail from there but it always says " bad request".I tried empty the cache and deleted cookies and then when that didnt work I deleted firefox redownloaded it, but still says the same. the my yahoo site works fine just yahoo mail not.

tried to send e-mail from a website and mac- mail popped up asking for my yahoo password but not accepting it so i copied the mail adress, cancelled mail, and tried to go to yaho mail to send the e-mail from there but it always says " bad request".I tried empty the cache and deleted cookies and then when that didnt work I deleted firefox redownloaded it, but still says the same. the my yahoo site works fine just yahoo mail not.

All Replies (1)

cor-el
cor-el
  • Top 25 Contributor
  • Moderator
more options

That issue can be caused by corrupted cookies.

Clear the cache and the cookies from sites that cause problems.

"Clear the Cache":

  • Firefox > Preferences > Advanced > Network > Offline Storage (Cache): "Clear Now"

"Remove Cookies" from sites causing problems:

  • Firefox > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies: "Show Cookies"