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Spam msg shows when I try to open regular email

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Sometimes, when I click on a legitimate e-mail, a spam message appears, even when there is nothing in the spam folder. I erase the spam message, try to mail again and the same thing is repeated. All spam has been supposedly been permanently erased.

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Sometimes, when I click on a legitimate e-mail, a spam message appears, even when there is nothing in the spam folder. I erase the spam message, try to mail again and the same thing is repeated. All spam has been supposedly been permanently erased. == URL of affected sites == http://

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How is that related to Firefox support? Firefox doesn't do email.

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Wouldn't it relate, as Firefox redirects commands from one site to another? Maybe it's a Yahoo problem, but it never happens with Safari, which I also use.