--- In [email protected], Share Long <sharelong60@...> wrote: > > RanchyD, boy, do I feel like a dummy asking this question. But here goes: > what's the other way to post? > You said this is your first attempt to post via email. Then Rats and royal > butt pain. > > How do you normally post? >
I post using my web browser. The post shows up immediately. I can quickly look down the thread, see who's responding and get a sense of the conversation. > ________________________________ > From: raunchydog <raunchydog@...> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:47 PM > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: 999 error > > > Â > "Why has Yahoo done this? There are two reasons that I can think of: > > Â Â Â To prevent DoS (Denial of Service) attacks. > Â Â Â To stop automated tasks from hammering their servers with hundreds of > requests a second. > > There are many programs around that offer to automate access to various Yahoo > services, i.e. check your Yahoo mailbox every 5 minutes, archive Yahoo Groups > messages, download files from the Yahoo Groups Photos and Files sections, > etc. If you use one of these automated tools then there is a very real > possibility that you will run into the Error 999 message. Normal human usage > of the Yahoo services shouldn't normally generate enough traffic to > trigger the Error 999 message unless you're a very heavy user. > > It appears that Yahoo uses your IP address to track the amount of traffic > you're generating on Yahoo, and once you reach the limit you get blocked > by the Unable to process request at this time -- error 999 message. Once > triggered you will find that your IP address has been blocked for a period of > time, somewhere between 2 and 24 hours usually." > > http://www.murraymoffatt.com/software-problem-0011.html > > This is my first attempt to post via email. This is a royal pain in the > butt.Rats! >
