Why can't I compose and email or reply to an email from my yahoo account?

Since Thanksgiving 2005, I have been having a problem, although be it sporatically, when composing or replying to emails. Some days I can go in and compose and reply to emails and then other days I can't. The box that the message would normally appear in is gone. I can enter the people I would like to send the email to and even enter a subject but that's it. The "body" of the email cannot be entered. So, if I try to "get around the problem" by typing a short subject as the email and then try sending it, nothing happens. The email never gets sent.





Does anyone know why this happens? I haven't been able to send an email for days now, although, I can receive and read emails that are sent to me... ?????

Why can't I compose and email or reply to an email from my yahoo account?
聽聽聽This is a common problem and usually it's quite simple to fix with a combination of the following steps.


聽聽聽Clear your cache by deleting your cookies, temporary files and history. You can do this by clicking "Tools" then "Internet Options" then the "General" tab. The options will be visible at this point. After you've done this, close your browser completely, all windows. Then reopen it and try your mail again. If that didn't fix it, try the next step.


聽聽聽You need to change your preferences to plain text formatting instead of HTML. From a Yahoo! Mail page click the "Options" link at top right of the page, then click "General Preferences". Scroll down to the "Composing E-mails" category and select "Compose messages as plain text" then Save your changes. This will resolve the issue in most cases.


聽聽聽If the first step didn't work and you had to proceeed to the second one try switching back to HTML formatting once a week or so just to see if it'll work again for you
Reply:The problem is that the text box is for advanced "Colors %26amp; Graphics" rather than for "Plain Text," which may not display on all browsers. You can switch this by going to Options in the upper right corner and then to General Preferences. About mid-page will be the option to select your Composing Emails Mode, for which you can select Plain Text. Be sure to save your new settings.





However, if you're using the same computer and browser and this is only happening sporadically, you may want to just try clearing your browser's cache [1] or by either updating your browser or switching to a different browser. (If you're using Internet Explorer try Firefox [2] or vice versa.)

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