What is Error 999 ?!


Question:

What is Error 999 ?

I got that Error while setting up Yahoo Answers . I had to keep trying . Then I tried with different countries . I had to set up my account by the Vietnam Page .


Answers:

When trying to access a Yahoo service (i.e. Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Groups or Yahoo News), you receive the following error message:

Unable to process request at this time -- error 999
Unfortunately, we are unable to process your request at this time. We apologize for the inconvenience. Please try again later.

Operating System: Any.

Background: This error appears to be a "catch-all" error code that Yahoo serves up when it doesn't have a more specific error code. It essentially means "Oops! Something went wrong but we don't know what, so we'll just say that Error 999 occurred."

The most common reason for receiving Yahoo Error 999 is due to some sort of bandwidth limiting system that Yahoo has put in place on their servers. Once you have exceeded your allotted bandwidth for a specific period of time Yahoo gives you this Error 999 message and doesn't allow you to access the service. People have primarily reported receiving this error when they try to access Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Groups, but other Yahoo services may also be affected.

Why has Yahoo done this? There are two reasons that I can think of:

To prevent DoS (Denial of Service) attacks.
To stop automated tasks from hammering their servers with hundreds of requests a second.


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