yahoo mail

FinsnFur · January 24, 2009, 11:45:30 PM

If you are using Yahoo mail and not getting your email notifications from the board heres why. (attached picture)

That's a copy of HALF of the mail rejection notices I've got from them today alone. The other half would'nt fit in the screen shot.
All mail that the board has tried to send to members Yahoo accounts and has been blocked. It looks like we have been completely shut off from Yahoo at this point.

I'm working on it, but man whaaaaaaaaaaaat a process.
It's being caused by emails getting forwarded.

alscalls · January 25, 2009, 05:36:33 AM

I been getting mine....like once a week and all at once! ......What can I do to make it easier for you Jimbo?
I delete them anyway now that the message dose not show in the E-mail.

Bills Custom Calls · January 25, 2009, 06:21:43 AM

Jim I got one last night the time stamp it was sent was 1pm and I got it around 10pm

If I need to do something on my end to help out I will need some help doing so

I am sure you had that figured out already though

cathryn · January 25, 2009, 06:27:02 AM

i got several notices to yahoo last night from here that i had messages all at once.
all the notices for for old PMs that i had already read and responded too.
some wree days old.

HaMeR · January 25, 2009, 07:26:47 AM

Get a gmail account. You won't regret leaving yahoo.

http://mail.google.com/mail/help/about.html

coyotehunter_1 · January 25, 2009, 08:09:48 AM

QuoteAll mail that the board has tried to send to members Yahoo accounts and has been blocked.

Filtering? When it comes spam, Yahoo doesn't seem to have any problems filling my mailbox.

5 SHOTS · January 25, 2009, 08:30:54 AM

I have already signed in here and read my PMs before I check my yahoo mail. It doesn't matter to me if the e-mails even get sent. This is my first stop when I turn the 'puter on.

HaMeR · January 25, 2009, 08:34:29 AM

A gmail account can never be filled with spam.

I use mine when I order online. I get as many as 500 spams a day & at most 2 or 3 make it to my inbox.

alscalls · January 25, 2009, 08:37:05 AM

Quote from: HaMeR on January 25, 2009, 08:34:29 AM
A gmail account can never be filled with spam. I use mine when I order online. I get as many as 500 spams a day & at most 2 or 3 make it to my inbox.

So many folks have my yahoo from my web site and such to change it would be tough.....I do have G-mail and 5 other accounts but I do not want to mix and match which one I use for what.

HaMeR · January 25, 2009, 08:57:20 AM

I understand. Altho it does sound a little like your braggin that you have friends.

coyotehunter_1 · January 25, 2009, 09:06:09 AM

Glen, I just signed up on G mail...

It looks like I may have gotten spammed already...
from someone giving away a FREE vacation to beautiful, sunny Wisconsin (in February).

FinsnFur · January 25, 2009, 10:27:11 AM

There's nothing you folks can do as forum members. And changing your email from Yahoo to Gmail or changing it period isn't going to do anything either.

These are issues I'm working on with my hosting clients. Where there are a lot of forwards being used, and were all on the same server.

It's like this, lets say someone sends Viagra spam to Bills domain email address Bill@BillsCustomCalls.net
Bill dont have a program to manage his domain mail with so he has it all forwarded to his baconnut@yahoo.com address where he can send and receive mail as normal.
This email gets tagged by our server as spam as it arrives to Bill@BillsCustomCalls.net. Actually all servers have certain characteristics they look for in an email to help cut down on it.
Now the email gets forwarded to Baconnut@Yahoo.com since we have a forward set up on it so that bill can receive his domain mail.
Upon arriving at Yahoo, it see's this and does it's part also by checking for spam characteristics and where it came from.

Do ya see what just happen?

Yahoo tags our server as a known source of spam, and either blocks any mail coming form it, or delays it.

I merely used Bill as an example, he is a very very very small part of this and it's not his fault, since I'm the one that set the forward up for him.
The real issue is with the fact that I have close to 50 web clients using forwards. But I will be working with each one of them over the next couple weeks to show them how to utilize there domain mail without having to forward it.

It's not just Yahoo either. It's any mail server in the world that see's or gets one of these forwarded spam emails.

5 SHOTS · January 25, 2009, 10:49:17 AM

OOOPPSS......sorry..

FinsnFur · January 25, 2009, 10:51:23 AM

for what?

George Ackley · January 25, 2009, 11:45:43 AM

i am AOL and i get PM notifications 3 ,4 dasys after i get the pm

alscalls · January 25, 2009, 11:56:36 AM

Quote from: HaMeR on January 25, 2009, 08:57:20 AM
I understand. Altho it does sound a little like your braggin that you have friends.

I only got the one friend.......Cathryn........ :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

FinsnFur · January 25, 2009, 01:23:18 PM

Oh man

I cant wait to see her response to that :roflmao:

KySongDog · January 25, 2009, 02:28:03 PM

I'm starting to wonder about Al and Cathryn...........

Let's see now....they both in live in WV. But they are not cousins so.....naw...couldn't be.

:roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

HaMeR · January 25, 2009, 03:46:43 PM

:roflmao:

Sooooo are you still related AFTER the divorce??

:roflmao: :roflmao:

alscalls · January 25, 2009, 03:50:21 PM

I am already married fellas besides I do not think I can leagally marry her anyway......(I think she might be a dumbocrat.

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