Re: Yahoo Historical Servers problem?

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In Reply to: Re: Yahoo Historical Servers problem? posted by Mark on July 14, 2003 at 11:11:13:

: : : :
: : : : Forgot to add to previous post, I can download from the Yahoo server (not historical) no problems, entire portfolio.

: : : Hi Mark,

: : : The 10060 error indicates the server is too busy, and has refused your
: : : request to connect. It may be either the Yahoo server, or some server
: : : between you and Yahoo. It sounds like this used to work okay for you?
: : : What if you try it at a different time of day, does that make a difference?

: : : I don't believe this will make a difference, but could you try it with
: : : "Options/Internet Settings.../Proxy Settings/Use Windows Settings"
: : : turned on?

: : : Thanks,
: : : Mark
: : : --
: : : Mark Beiley
: : :
: : : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP
: : :

: : Hi Mark, thanks for your reply --

: : Tried Use Windows Settings, got 12002 timeout.

: : Yahoo Hist servers have worked fine for more than 6 months with this portfolio, with occasional rare short-term problems.

: : Incidentally, I tried using Internet Explorer to access the "Historical Prices" link on Yahoo Finance, and this failed. The rest of the Yahoo site was ok though, so it appears that their hist servers may be down since Friday. Hopefully they are not removing the historical data service.

: : I have many expired options positions, and am wondering if the Yahoo hist servers (or any servers) will handle these symbols OK over time. The oldest expired options I have are from November 2002, and have not been a problem up to now (if they are not in the PF the cumulative returns are off). But of course a hist update tries to update these symbols -- what if they are not longer on the server?

: : Thanks again - Mark Ellington

: : p.s. I posted a similar msg before without a name and it disappeared, so here it is again.

: Hi Mark,

: That was a good experiment to try with IE. If IE can't download it, then
: FM won't be able to either. I just tried again with a relatively large
: portfolio, and it worked okay from here. Hopefully it is just a temporary
: problem that will get fixed. I'm not sure what Yahoo's plans for supporting
: historical option prices are.

: Thanks,
: Mark
: --
: Mark Beiley
:
: Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP
:

I just tried it again and it seems to be working, what a relief. On the options, I have just been pricing them manually -- Yahoo does not appear to provide quotes for them. But the symbols would not necessarily be recongnized. It has not been a problem to now, hopefully won't be.

Thanks, Mark E.

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