182820 - Yahoo web-email sends Mozilla (v1.2) into a loop.

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 182665

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Terry Spikes]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021126
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2) Gecko/20021126

when I go to the yahoo main page and click email, it goes into some kind of loop.

It looks like java(???) code is displayed in the browser window and it keeps
changing.  I have a screenshot if anybody wants it.  here's what's in the http
address...

http://us.f142.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?.rand=

this is the code displayed right below the yahoo mail logo and the powered by hp
logo...

var oKey=new ylib_keykeyt();
oKey.addKey(67,-1,"location="http://us.f142.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?.rand=

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to www.yahoo.com
2. Click on the email icon at the top
3. 

Actual Results:  
The yahoo email folder list page for 1 second (or less), the...

I get the top part of the page with the yahoo email logo.  Just below that is...

what looks like java(???) code displayed in the browser window and it keeps
changing.  I have a screenshot if anybody wants it.  here's what's in the http
address...

http://us.f142.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?.rand=

this is the code displayed right below the yahoo mail logo and the powered by hp
logo...

var oKey=new ylib_keykeyt();
oKey.addKey(67,-1,"location="http://us.f142.mail.yahoo.com/ym/login?.rand=

Expected Results:  
the complete yahoo email folder list page.

I think it may be related to my cookies.  It doesn't ask me for my yahoo email
id & password.

I'm using the Modern theme.  I will try the classic, but I need to close all the
mozilla windows to apply it first.  I recently downloaded Windows updates and
yesterday I downloaded and installed the latest version of Mozilla.  I got my
earthlink email setup in mozilla mail feature today.  then I tried to check my
yahoo email using the mozila browser.

Comment 1

[Terry Spikes]

Attachment: MS-Word 2000 document

Here's the screen-print image pasted in a MS-Word2000 document.

Comment 2

[Terry Spikes]

This also happens with the Classic theme.

Comment 3

[Nicholas Bebout ([e-mail] is my new email)]

Do you have javascript enabled?  There was another bug which the cause was that the person did not have javascript enabled.

Comment 4

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 182665 ***

Comment 5

[Terry Spikes]

Yes, I have javascript enabled.

Comment 6

[Terry Spikes]

This has been marked a duplicate of...

bug #182665 - Win 98
bug #171646 - Win XP
bug #180476 - Win 98
bug #177426 - Win XP

Am I the only one with this problem running Win2K ???