Dear Lazyweb...WTF?

[arguchik]

Can anyone out there explain why Yahoo mail keeps crashing Firefox on me today? I'm using a MacBook with the newest version of OS-X, fully updated and current (ditto Firefox), etc. As soon as I open the mail window--and only on Yahoo--I get the spinning rainbow ball, and it takes *forever* to load my inbox. Then I click on a message...again, spinning rainbow ball and a long wait. When I try to reply to a message, that's when all hell breaks loose and the program (Firefox) just stops responding. Oh, and yes...I tried switching back to Yahoo's "classic" mail and the same thing happened.

Is this just a temporary problem with Yahoo's mail servers--something everyone out there is probably experiencing--as glaucon has surmised? Or is it potentially a problem with malware or some other crap like that having been loaded into my computer surreptitiously? I know Macs are widely considered to be mostly immune to such malevolent viral forces, but I figure it's only a matter of time, and now is as good of a time as any, ya know? I'm suspicious because this is happening on the heels a very noticeable uptick in Russian spam to my yahoo inbox, which started about a month ago. I get *tons* of it, and Yahoo's spam filter, which generally works really well, seems almost helpless against it.

Anyway. Any insights would be much appreciated.

Comments

[alice-at-night.livejournal.com]

I'm on I.E 7 and yahoo mail that has worked for as long as I recall no longer loads. I have to go to "AT&T mail classic" or somethign like that to get my mail.

so yeah, crashing on me too.

[evernanon.livejournal.com]

I use Yahoo Mail and Firefox and I have had no problems today. I also have not noticed any Russian spam. And I'm on a PC, not a Mac.

[fr-defenestrato.livejournal.com]

Yahoo! mail took a sharp turn for teh suck a few weeks back. I actually waited for 30 minutes to get a Yahoo! CS rep on a live chat (though I can't swear he passed the Turing test)... and it was infuriating. I told him every Yahoo! mail user I knew was complaining, and he offered to troubleshoot my browser. I said I found it hard to believe he wasn't informed of major problems by his betters. He had nothing. He said nothing.

I'm on a PC, Windows XP, Firefox. Something's going on at Yahoo!