Many people using Yahoo's mail service have been having difficulties accessing their mail accounts. The error they receive calls it a cryptic "Code 1 Error" as shown below:
As the image above clearly states, the problem is a "temporary" one, and if we are reading this, troubleshooters at Yahoo! are already solving the problem. Yeah, right. 2 months is "temporary". I did report the error to Yahoo two months ago, but there hasn't been any resolution of it yet.
I decided to surf the net, to see what the community has to say to this, if at all I'm not the only one. Turns out I was right - I'm not the only one. Many people are facing the same glitch, though Yahoo's customer base is so large that the number is relatively insignificant, as per this blog. Funny thing is, they don't even want to tell what Code 1 Error means, or what the glitch really is. After the representatives were contacted regarding the same problem faced by one Mr. Clifford Tong, of Lafayette, California, they denied it being a large-scale issue, and that Yahoo had not witnessed an "unusual spike in inquiries to our customer care department." Moot point is that Mr. Tong was a paid customer, and still they didn't pay heed to his complaint. Funnily enough, his account started working fine a few hours after the interview with the representatives. Coincidence? I think not.
I was lucky. My e-mail is based on Gmail, I use Yahoo only for messaging, which, funnily enough, works perfectly fine. So I feel sorry for any dude who's entire life - his company, or job, is based on e-mails and he happens to be unlucky enough to be using Yahoo! mail and has got locked out of his account. My advice: ditch Yahoo. I won't advice what to take instead. Gmail isn't the proverbial saint either. Every time I try to verify my Gmail address in Yahoo, the confirmation mail never arrives in my Gmail inbox. Not even in the spam folder! I wonder if this is a glitch, or something else...
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