Why do I keep getting an error message when I use Yahoo?

Why do I keep getting an error message when I try to read an email on Yahoo?

• This is the error message that I get every so often. Sometimes the email opens and sometimes I get the error message. Sorry for the inconvenience. You've stumbled upon a temporary problem we're having with Yahoo! Mail. Usually this problem gets resolved quickly, without you doing a thing. Try pressing the Reload or Refresh button on your browser, or signing out and back into Yahoo! Mail. Hopefully that will take care of things. If that doesn't fix the problem, please try again shortly. The fact that you're reading this page means we've been automatically notified of the issue, and chances are we're working on it now. If you think you've been more than patient and tried the tricks above, feel free to contact Customer Care about Error Code 16. Thanks, The Yahoo! Mail Team

• Answer:

  If you are a Virgin Media customer you might want to try this because it worked for me: In Internet Explorer Choose Tools > Internet Options > Connections Under Dial-Up and Virtual Private Network Settings, 【ツ】if there is an entry in there select it and choose the Settings button If not then choose the LAN Settings button instead Now click 【ツ】 to add a tick to the box which says Use a proxy server for this connection OR Use a proxy server for your LAN or something similar. In the Address: box type - webcache.virginmedia.com In the Port: box type 8080 Click OK and OK again and restart Internet Explorer You might also need to change back to Yahoo! Classic, when you can get in to do it, that is. Also my suggestion is open an email account with another provider such as Hotmail or Google or use Outlook then when you can get into Yahoo! Mail activate mail forwarding to your new account and export your contacts to your new account. 【ツ】