When you all set up your accounts, were they completely different Yahoo ID's or did you have one ID and then create the other ID as an alias of the first one? Until recently, you could have multiple aliases and sign in under one of the aliases and that would be like a completely separate Yahoo ID but Yahoo!, Inc., recently (maybe in the past year as part of the new profiles) made it so that ALL aliases were integrated and made a part of the initial Yahoo ID so even when you sign into an alias, it's as if you are signing into your main account. This would explain why one of you all can "boot" the other off when signing in. And then if they try to sign back in, it would boot you off... back and forth. If this is likely your issue, then the cure for this is to sign out of ALL Yahoo services (messenger, mail, etc.) and then go to http://messenger.yahoo.com and sign up for a new account for one of the users.
As far as your Mobile YM, if you did not sign out on the phone, it may still show you as signed on even if you turn off the phone. Yahoo also has a habit, with some aspects of YM, of showing someone as still online or using a service even when they are not. I've seen people (my friends) showing up as online and Mobile and have sent them an IM and never got a reply. I would then call them and they would tell me they signed out of Yahoo Mobile a while ago, yet they were still showing up as online on my friends list. I've also seen this in Yahoo Chat Rooms, where someone would leave the room and even sign out of YM, yet they are still showing up as being in the Chat Room. I think both of these issues have more to do with the constant and regular Yahoo Server issues that Yahoo always seems to be working on. Let me know if the first paragraph solves the boot-off problem. The second paragraph doesn't really offer any solutions, just an explanation of what I think may be happening. Lenny Vasbinder http://lennyvasbinder.blogspot.com FREE and automatic online remote backup of your documents, photos and files... https://mozy.com/?ref=SY4ZSI Check out how simple and secure it can be to use the Mozy remote backup system. Mozy will back up your most important files and folders every day/night while you aren't using your computer. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Harold Hawkins II Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 9:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Y!M] IM Problems Ok here is my problem I have IM logging me on through my pjhone and says I am online and has my phone number there even when my phone is off. Also another family memebr is getting messages that are meant for through their account. I mean they can be logged on into their email and if I log on I boot them out and if they log on they boot me out. We are working from two different computers in two different locations of the city. Any ideas or starting places would greatly be appreciated by all. Thanks, Harold F. Hawkins II
