Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Receiving messages from Yahoo

There is no need to change your main ISP. Get a 'free' dial-up account and
collect the mail from it via your DSL ISP. This is OT so I would be happy to
continue this discussion off-list or on the jobshophomeshop list.

Les

> To All,
> Sorry this is off-topic but I need to notify the group in case someone
> here might care...
>
> I did some investigating to find out why my group-mail wasnt getting to me
> sometimes or just being deleted entirely.
> Well I finally found the root cause. Its my Internet Provider. It turns
> out some providers have started a little war with Yahoo.
>
> My provider claims Yahoo is creating "Fake Email Addresses" (???) to use
> to Mass-Advertise or send Mass-Spamm to everyone that has a Yahoo Email
> address.
> So I guess in retaliation they are bouncing all emails back to Yahoo.

Thus,

> I dont get my Groupmail... (or most of it anyway...)
>
> They have a Spamm Filter installed that really doesnt work very well

because

> I'm still getting all of Yahoo's Spamm and very little CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO
> messages.
> I have complained repeatedly but the only response I get is, "I'm sorry

sir

> but there is nothing I can do for you..."
> I have yet to work my way up to Upper Manager yet but I doubt it would do
> any good.....
> They had been filtering my mail for almost a year now without telling

me...

> I am curious of how legal that would be??? Anyone know?
>
> So I'm stuck having to log into Yahoo and manually go through the

messages..

> Sort of a pain considering how easy it was before...
>
> So if anyone is wondering why the groups messages seem to stop flowing

once

> in a while, consider the "Yahoo Spamm War"...
> In your Yahoo Groups section there is a selection called "Preferences" (I
> think) that keeps a count of BOUNCED emails that came back to them. After
> enough mail bounces
> Yahoo shuts-off the emails totally, and you have to manually go back

through

> and turn it back on...
>
> I'm also looking at different providers, but what if they are Filtering
> Yahoo also??? Startup Fee's are Very Big for DSL and Cable so I have to

be

> sure...
>
> Vince
>
> ps. Do you think Yahoo would listen if we asked them to stop Spamming?
> :')
>
>