Many people are reporting that their auto-fill no longer works with Yahoo. Some users speculate that this is due to Yahoo's aggressive anti-spam policy or Yahoo is beefing up security to prevent hackers from violating customers' accounts.
Usually, this is an issue regarding the settings on your web browser. Please ensure that cookies are enabled, auto-fill is enabled and that passwords are not being cleared when you erase your browser's history or when you clear your cache and cookies. Please be aware that some web browsers automatically clear your cache and cookies upon signing out. You will need to re-check the settings in your cache and cookies to ensure that passwords are not being cleared.
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Many people are reporting that their auto-fill no longer works with Yahoo. Some users speculate that this is due to Yahoo's aggressive anti-spam policy or Yahoo is beefing up security to prevent hackers from violating customers' accounts.
Usually, this is an issue regarding the settings on your web browser. Please ensure that cookies are enabled, auto-fill is enabled and that passwords are not being cleared when you erase your browser's history or when you clear your cache and cookies. Please be aware that some web browsers automatically clear your cache and cookies upon signing out. You will need to re-check the settings in your cache and cookies to ensure that passwords are not being cleared.
"Setting your browser to accept cookies"
http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...
"Check if a browser is clearing cookies automatically"
http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?locale=en_US&y=PROD...
Your browser must be auto-fill enabled to remember your passwords. Find instructions for your browser here:
"Fix problems with Autofill"
http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=content&id=SLN...
Yahoo customer care no longer offers the option of contacting them regarding this problem.