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  1. Bug #234197
  2. Comment #7

Comment 7 for bug 234197

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Alexander Sack (asac) wrote : Re: [Bug 234197] Re: redirect loop when trying to access mail.yahoo.com

On Thu, Jun 05, 2008 at 05:13:54PM -0000, Dounia MILLIMONO wrote:
> I've got something new: I tried to access http://mail.yahoo.com and it
> failed again (infinite redirect).
>
> Then I tried to access my emails by clicking on "Mail" on the
> http://www.yahoo.com homepage, and it failed again.
>
> Finally, I signed out from YaHoo! (on the homepage), then I returned to
> YaHoo! Mail directly and got prompted with the usual login screen. I
> entered my credentials and I accessed my emails!
>
> I assume this is an ad hoc fix for those of you who encounter this
> problem.
>
> Concerning the bug, it could be related to the cookie, as there is an
> auto-redirect for users who have already signed in (i.e. their "remember
> me" option).
>
> Note that I have not reported that the site was broken.
>

Sounds like a web-application bustage (on server side - aka a yahoo
bug).

 status invalid

 - Alexander