If Yahoo is your email provider, you should probably take this opportunity to get a new one. They allowed all your private information to be hacked and did not bother to tell anyone about for a very long time- plus the company's general downward spiral does not inspire confidence.

I would get a Gmail account and start switching over.

You need to get into your email - try using a different browser or even a different device than you usually use, something in cache could be the problem.

I agree with Rita about Gmail. Plus, it works better on smartphones than Yahoo.

Pick a different email system (don't use the one from your internet provider) and ask your friends and family to use that in the future.

JoAnn, I called the number you posted and all I got was a "survey" which asked if I was over 21. I replied "no" and was quickly disconnected. According to Yahoo's online help page "any phone number you find online is incorrect".Huh?? I was just frustrated but now I am confused too.

have you been able to get to the Yahoo recovery page?

If not, try this:

https://login.yahoo.com/account/challenge/username?lang=en-US&authMechanism=secondary&yid=&done=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2F&s=QQ--&sessionIndex=QQ--

No,I have tried multiple times on the yahoo recovery page and it does not recognize my email name or my cell number. There is no way to contact them.

If your system has had a change or you have been absent for a long period of time, Yahoo may block you entry to email. It also has some kind of bug in its system that keeps you from seeing the login icon. I logged in today with a different computer and ran into the problem you described. Here's what to do.

On the left side of your home page, you should see a list of services, one being mail or email. Click on that and you will be sent to a page that doesn't make sense, however, it should have a "sign out" icon. Click on that to sign out, and then return to you usual home page. This time, when you click on "mail", you will be given the opportunity to sign in. Sign in and you should be back in business.

Alternatively, when you clicked on mail, you may have been sent to a login page that seems to be for a different mail service than the one you wish to use. It has the "log out" icon. Click on that and return to your home page and log in as described above.