Hi, Sara. I used to have a yahoo account but I had so much trouble with it. Every time I tried to send an email through their web mail, they'd ask for that silly varification code you have to type so I said "enough is enough". That's why I don't use yahoo nymore. Rosemarie
----- Original Message ----- From: "Sarah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] AT&T spam filter? > Gottcha! I can't help out then cause I don't deal with yahoo other then > the yahoo groups. > > SA&G > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Victor Gouveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 5:42 PM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] AT&T spam filter? > > > Hi Sarah, > > She doesn't need Yahoo Pops, as the service is already able to be > forwarded > to her computer. > > When I referred to changing her settings in her e-mail options, I was > referring to telling the Yahoo server how she wants her messages to be > handled. > > For example, Yahoo spam Guard gives you the ability to activate the bulk > folder, and have all messages that Yahoo thinks are spam delivered into > that > folder, at which point, you can go in via web mail, and advise spam guard > which messages are not spam and delete all the rest. > > I'm not sure if the sender's e-mail address gets blocked when you simply > delete them, but that's the only option you're given in terms of getting > rid > of them when they're in your bulk folder. > > When you have pop access with Yahoo mail, usually through an ISP or if you > pay for the premium version, you have the option of having the messages > that > are in the bulk folder delivered to your e-mail client inbox, or just > leave > them until the time you've allotted to keep them comes around, and they > get > deleted automatically. > > If you choose to have them delivered to your inbox via your third party > client, Yahoo gives you the option of having the messages tagged as bulk > or > spam or something like that. > > Quite often, you'll notice a message from a member on a list, with the > prefix attached to it of bulk or spam. > > Aside from that meaning that the person did not shift tab to the subject > line to change it, smile, but also because their e-mail server has tagged > that e-mail as spam, and that message was then downloaded to the person's > computer before they had a chance to tell the server that it wasn't spam, > and that the e-mail address should be saved in the address book that Yahoo > provides. > > In essence, she already has pop access to her Yahoo mail, via ATT, she > just > needs to configure the account in terms of how it handles e-mail and > getting > it downloaded to her computer. > > Victor > > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
