Yahoo! - 999 Unable to process request at this time — error 999
Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
Yahoo!
Unfortunately we are unable to process your request at this time. This error is usually temporary. Please try again later.
If you continue to experience this error, it may be caused by one of the following:
* You may want to scan your system for spyware and viruses, as they may interfere with your ability to connect to Yahoo!. For detailed information on spyware and virus protection, please visit the Yahoo! Security Center.
* This problem may be due to unusual network activity coming from your Internet Service Provider. We recommend that you report this problem to them.
While this error is usually temporary, if it continues and the above solutions don’t resolve your problem, please let us know.
Return to Yahoo!
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This is to slow the bad scapers and automated queries down…
Chad do you think you should have a white list or something 
—>>> (big hint) Google
DaveN
58 Comments
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3rd July 2005 @ 00:44
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the problem is that the email don`t open and the message of error is :
Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 99917th July 2005 @ 11:34
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Sorry, Unable to process request at this time – error 999
17th August 2005 @ 23:23
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je toujours le meme probleme de connection Yahoo messenger et auusi mom mail
jai le message error 999 pour mon mail et le message de sign out because un autre ordinateur et conncter sur mon compte
merci de votre aide18th August 2005 @ 09:19
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This is really a fu! I couldn’t access to my email from Yahoo Mail.
11th September 2005 @ 02:13
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This is horrible,
no Solution available on any website,
nobody cares, yahoo is giving stupid and scary photo adds, but no freakin solution for this issue
tried spyware and av, everything doesn’t work
12th September 2005 @ 01:20
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all I was doing was uploading some photos to my yahoo profile…. and got that “Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.” after it was half was finished
25th September 2005 @ 08:45
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still geting 999 error wtf this all about,,, is yahoo f*cked up?
3rd October 2005 @ 01:37
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wtf duz this mean?.. it has every otha fuckin request on yahoo online service, but not da answa to this fucked up msg! can ne1 help me?
3rd October 2005 @ 22:04
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Right, this is bugging me now, how come others aint having a problem but i am??? Favourtism i think, ive Done all what u suggest and im still having problems, SORT IT OUT!!
23rd November 2005 @ 10:19
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Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
The same fucking problem … I can’t understand why ! I need my address back :((((((((((((((((((3rd December 2005 @ 12:13
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Fricking Yahoo…More problems than solutions..error 999…i shtis 666 upside down……………..
4th December 2005 @ 05:14
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Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.<<<<<
13th December 2005 @ 02:15
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i have DSL line when i try to get to yahoo games i get this message :Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
if i try with dial up line i do nto afce this problem much.
what is that means ? is it from my ISP or what?
3rd January 2006 @ 23:14
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why am i unable to get into yahoo games?
7th February 2006 @ 09:28
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OMG OMG OMG!!! I CANT GET INTO YAHOO GAMES OMG! EVERY TIME I TRY IT SAYS ERROR 999!!! HOW DO I CHANGE MY IP I THINK THATS THE PROBLEM FRICKEN SHIT! SOMEONE EMAIL ME DAMNIT!! PALEEEEEEEEEEZZZ
17th February 2006 @ 08:21
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error 999 is yahoo’s way of saying “slow the fuck down!” or that you’re making them work too much.
just got it now, but everything worked fine going through a proxy or anonymizer (www.anonymouse.org)
it’ll pass, but the other yahoo users in my house will have to go through anonymouse for a few days.
17th February 2006 @ 08:52
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you’d think they’d figure out a way around this and put it in their FAQ, but nooooo……
30th March 2006 @ 12:55
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“Error 999″ etc is really bugging everyone. Why cant someone get hold of Yahoo and tell to stop buggering the UK games players about!!!!!!!!!!!!! HHHHHHHEEEEELLLPPPPPPPP yahoo! Do something about it.
7th June 2006 @ 22:23
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Use an anonymous proxy - its yahoos fault, they are limiting the bandwidth…big f*ck you to yahoo. Boycott their service if you can or hammer their sites which will actually cause them more traffic than it would have if no BS error would have been received.
13th June 2006 @ 13:43
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Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later.Return to Yahoo!
Please check the URL for proper spelling and capitalization. If you’re having trouble locating a destination on Yahoo!, try visiting the Yahoo! home page or look through a list of Yahoo!’s online services. Also, you may find what you’re looking for if you try searching below.
17th June 2006 @ 00:27
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GOD ERROR 999 MESSAGE
Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.17th June 2006 @ 00:29
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I was accessing my business email and setting up my filters, and clicking the up arrows to move the filters to higher positions and bam I am hit with this error 999 BS. And I pay for their freaking email service. Hope this crap goes back to normal in 24 hours. Unreal.
4th July 2006 @ 09:24
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Try Firefox - I get the 999 in IE, but get thru in Firefox.
12th July 2006 @ 16:50
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the 999 error seemed to occur when the main yahoo mail .com site put a ban on your IP address
solution (tried and tested many times)
1. try to login using
mail.yahoo.co.ukor
2. http://login.europe.yahoo.com/config/mail?.intl=uk
for some reason (known only to yahoo expert !) these links
are blind to the ban slapped by the main yahoo mail link.try it and it will work.
goood luck20th July 2006 @ 14:40
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Yahoo Mail is not working today.
How do you contact them to tell them?
This is shit!
23rd July 2006 @ 20:26
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What the heck happened today?
Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later.25th July 2006 @ 22:39
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Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
Is SO Appalling
I agree .. yahoo should stop spending money on this scary picures on the yahoo mail and model chicks and focus on god damn service. SPEND SOME MONEY ON TECHNOLOGY RATHER THAN MARKETING FLUFF!
7th August 2006 @ 05:44
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what the hell is going on yahoo…
Wake up or else google will bankrupt you.
8th August 2006 @ 04:38
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crap crap crap 999 error someone call the cops and get yahoo banged up
12th August 2006 @ 23:02
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TO SOLVE THE 999 ERROR MESSEAGE AT YAHOO, HERE IS THE SOLUTION (I THINK!!!!!!!!)
FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE USING PROXY ON YOUR BROWSER, TRY TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER PROXY. YOU MUST KEEP ON SWITCHING TO ANOTHER PROXY UNTIL YOU FIND ONE THAT WORK FOR YOU. or YOU CAN GET RID OF YOUR PROXY AND HAVE A “DIRECT CONNECTION” WHEN CONNECT TO YAHOO THEN YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEM.
HOPE IT HELP
25th August 2006 @ 08:30
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dammit! I couldn’t log in to check my e-mail and it happens with yahoo games too
always ERROR 999…It happened just yesterday and I let it go but it’s happening today too….Can somebody help me, plz? I’m worried. Yahoo seems to be pretty messed up!!!!!
Thanks27th October 2006 @ 17:01
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LOL! For last three days I get this error.
No wonder YHOO gettin’ ass kicked by goog. For real, YHOO is over.
Yhoo, if yer reading this lemme tell you bud, yer history
28th November 2006 @ 18:01
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cause fuckin yahoo has got your ip logged and they foresee ur about to get the upper hand and they block ur ass …just cat and mouse shit
13th February 2007 @ 08:08
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This issue has beeh happening to me for several weeks. I’m fed up with Yahoo, and I’m a loyal Yahoo user since 1998. It looks like the Yahoo Admin have just stopped caring about their users. Like an old woman in a rent-controlled apartment, they no longer care to fix the problems with her plumbing.
7th March 2007 @ 05:20
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I just started having this problem and it’s not just on my home computer, it’s every computer that I’ve tried to change my profile on! That kills the IP address theory! I think there is a major problem with Yahoo and the whizes, or lack therof, haven’t figured the fix out yet.
9th March 2007 @ 06:44
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It is now two years, this discussion started and Yahoo! has done nothing about it, Yahoo Suck! I m finished with Yahoo messenger.
17th March 2007 @ 14:34
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http://www.yazakpro.com/chatstuff/yahoo/Solution999ErrorUploadingPicture.html
way around error 999
24th March 2007 @ 07:30
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This is really strange. I’ve many, many, many free web accounts on yahoo and the one, I recently signed up for, is the only one, which is giving me this error since the last few days…
24th March 2007 @ 20:39
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Now it’s almost impossible to get into Yahoo chat and I still get this lousy error message when I try to do anything with my profile: Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
Unfortunately we are unable to process your request at this time. This error is usually temporary. Please try again later.If you continue to experience this error, it may be caused by one of the following:
You may want to scan your system for spyware and viruses, as they may interfere with your ability to connect to Yahoo!. For detailed information on spyware and virus protection, please visit the Yahoo! Security Center.
This problem may be due to unusual network activity coming from your Internet Service Provider. We recommend that you report this problem to them.
While this error is usually temporary, if it continues and the above solutions don’t resolve your problem, please let us know.Return to Yahoo!
Please try Yahoo! Help Central if you need more assistance.
If there were more people and less bots hanging out at Yahoo we might get some answers! I just switched over to Yahoo mail but if this shit keeps up I might give Bill Gates my business again. At least you can talk to a human there!
26th March 2007 @ 04:42
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Yahoo! is working on that right now.
27th March 2007 @ 09:19
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I got a bullshit response from their help team on this one…I’m getting these errors every time I go to delicious last couple of days.
31st March 2007 @ 04:17
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I just registered for a del.icio.us account and here it is: the 999 error. I remember seeing the *same thing* waaay back years ago on Yahoo! when I was registering for some other Yahoo service (don’t remember what it was). What are they thinking? Wake up, Yahoo!
16th April 2007 @ 10:58
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“# Kai_ Says:
March 27th, 2007 at 9:19 amYahoo! is working on that right now.
”They haven’t fixed it yet, another instance of there error has come up. They sure found the time to implement Google styled advertisements, but for 2 years they haven’t change this. From that I would take it that they do not consider this an bug but a feature. Don’t expect it to change : /
21st April 2007 @ 00:19
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Yahoo sucks big time, unable to resolve issues. Takes such a long time to wake up. Going down hill, google should take over yahoo
23rd May 2007 @ 12:31
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A great Shit…. But I think, it comes when some sharing computers try to open 2 or 3 IDs at yahoo. The yahoo stops the service and tells that there is some virus or spyware in your system. But if the proxy of each system is different or it is a networking, it might not appear on screen…
Neil John
http://ambrina.com16th June 2007 @ 19:44
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I think its funny they ask my email address in this “leave a reply” box considering i can’t even CHECK my email!!!
And NO, its not some stupid spyware stuff, its not something wrong with my computer because i have access to an ENTIRE CAMPUS full of computers at my school and NONE OF THEM allow me to access my email any better. if i’m lucky, i get to atleast see the subjects of them. this is complete bullshit.
can’t yahoo! atleast provide some phone number so i can call and bitch to a real person? i have important emails coming in everyday, shit for school and classes and clubs and meetings, i’m getting rid of my yahoo account if this doesn’t get better within the week. christ.
16th November 2007 @ 03:54
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Start a huge wave, getting people to drop yahoo, and everything about them, don’t game there, don’t purchase anything from there affiliates nothing…use craigslist, blog page, hell buy ad time in the paper, call you local news affiliate…whatever, they laugh at you, they DO NOT care, you can’t even actually talk to them, and they WILL NOT reply to you email bitch except with the generic reply everyone gets that has all their lies for why it;s happening….Yahoo MUST go down, fast.
Lets get it rollin’…..Power in Numbers.4th December 2007 @ 04:26
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Hi all !
I have the response ! and I think, it’s not legal !!!!!!!!!!!
This error arrive when the texte of the mail content a concurrence of yahoo mail !!!!!
Exemple : Try to send a mail by yahoo with this texte “try@hotmail.fr” !!!
and try again with “try@try.fr” !In the first case, you will see the error and not in the second case !!
BYE BYE !!!!
4th December 2007 @ 20:02
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I have been a Yahoo user since the early 90’s, after we switched from dial-up to satellite last June, then I started experiencing the 999 errors shortly afterwards. Which leaves me with Google or Ask for search engines, that’s all right if that’s the way Yahoo wants to play the game.
I do a lot of research and do the use the search engines a lot, if you can’t access Yahoo pages then all the companies/sponsors who are paying monthly fees to advertise on Yahoo, certainly would stop advertising with Yahoo. My conclusion would be Yahoo will fold up eventually…..
23rd December 2007 @ 16:59
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I have been trying to publish a response on Answers.Yahoo.com for quite a while now but I kept getting the 999 error message. I just tried accessing through http://www.anonymouse.org and it worked like a charm! It’s a UK site, and I’m in the U.S., but it worked wonderfully, so thanks #17 Anonymous for the suggestion.
30th December 2007 @ 10:13
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now im the new victim of sloppy yahoo engineers (!?).
6th January 2008 @ 09:34
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Hi!
Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999.
This is Horrible, every time I’m facing this issue, when am trying to enter Yahoomail.com. I have no idea about it as I’m not a techie, people from Yahoo should be knowing about it and also they can rectify it immediately.
Try to fix that as soon as possible.
8th February 2008 @ 18:46
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mainly proxy problem i think
11th September 2008 @ 12:33
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Fuckin this yahoo wantedly doing this error to reduce the bandwidth usage.
For me always I cant able to enter into the chat rooms, but for sometimes.
15th October 2008 @ 17:29
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David, just got this message today. Doing a bunch of map look ups for my job that requires I drive everywhere in northern california, guess my 60+ queries didn’t sit well with yahoo… sigh…
3rd November 2008 @ 22:30
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What really ticks me off is that this “Sorry, Unable to process request at this time — error 999″ thing has been going on for months, and I pay for a business account with these bozos. No one at Yahoo answers questions and the help pages are full of irrelevant junk. Little wonder Yahoo is sliding down the toilet. How hard can it be to sort out this problem? Why don’t they hire some competent programmers for f***’s sake and try to salvage what’s left of their reputation!
18th November 2008 @ 12:22
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I have the same error message 999. It happens whether I am checking from home or from a completely different computer at my school. It could not be IP related nor is it related to spyware or a virus. I have found that if I switch back to Classic Mail that I never get the error. This is so aggravating!
15th March 2009 @ 02:50
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