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Re: how to report spam to Yahoo!
From: Mark Foster <blakjak () blakjak net>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:21:28 +1300
I used to use this form semi regularly. It's behavior has changed in the last couple of months, after i'd finally gotten over the whole 'why can't I just forward them the email' thing and gotten used to copying and pasting the header and the body (seperately) into different fields on their webform. I'm disgusted that Yahoo (a regular source of spam) no longer readily offer the means to report the abusers (or abused accounts) in their midst. This while they apply some of the most over-the-top and disproportionate justifications to categorise inbound mail as spam (to their customers detriment, and also their correspondents, who have no idea why they're being categorised that way). If anyone knows what Yahoo's intentions are in this space, i'd love to hear about it. Mark. On 23/03/12 08:41, Paul Graydon wrote:
The Yahoo form hasn't worked for a while. When you do get to somewhere for reporting spam, a few hours or days later you'll get a response telling you to submit a report on the exact same form you used. If you do you end up with the same response. Repeat ad infinitum. Same goes for their grey-listing/rate limiting report message. I've given up trying to report anything e-mail related to Yahoo, mostly just apologise to end users and suggest they use another e-mail provider. Paul On 03/21/2012 03:27 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote:Yahoo!'s abuse contact from whois: OrgAbuseEmail: network-abuse () cc yahoo-inc com now sends an autoresponse that tells you to go to a web form to report spam: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/spam.html but the link doesn't work--it just redirects to a generic Yahoo! help page at: http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=product&locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML So how does a non-Yahoo! account holder report spam originating from Yahoo!'s network? ----- Forwarded message from Yahoo! Network<network-abuse () cc yahoo-inc com> ----- From: Yahoo! Network<network-abuse () cc yahoo-inc com> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:59:35 -0700 Reply-To: Yahoo! Network<network-abuse () cc yahoo-inc com> Thank you for your email, but this address is no longer being used for abuse reporting or abuse related questions. To report spam, please use this form: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/spam.html To report other types of abuse or for help with security or abuse related issues, please go to Yahoo! Abuse: http://abuse.yahoo.com For questions about using Yahoo! services, please visit Yahoo Help: http://help.yahoo.com Note: Please do not reply to this email as replies will not be answered. Thank you, - Yahoo! Customer Care Original Message Follows: ------------------------
Current thread:
- how to report spam to Yahoo! Chuck Anderson (Mar 21)
- Re: how to report spam to Yahoo! Paul Bennett (Mar 22)
- Re: how to report spam to Yahoo! Paul Graydon (Mar 22)
- Re: how to report spam to Yahoo! Mark Foster (Mar 22)
- Re: how to report spam to Yahoo! Valdis . Kletnieks (Mar 23)
- Re: how to report spam to Yahoo! JC Dill (Mar 23)
- Re: how to report spam to Yahoo! Mark Foster (Mar 22)