Kurt @ VR-FX wrote: > Oh Crap - that totally Sucks Pete! Sorry to hear that e-mail address did > you NO Good! I guess you can just ignore almost ALL that I wrote below - > as I guess its pretty much useless. Oh well...
Hi Kurt, Guess I should have flagged it [OT] rather than [NF]. Now if there were a script to run against the T-bird inbox that would do all those hoop jumps for me . . . Oh, wait - then the email providers would consider that SPAM. >>> Sorry to hear you frustrations! Yeah - SPAM has pretty much been out >>> there on the Web for almost as long as the Web has been in existance. >>> Sure - its a totally PITA - and not much you can personally do about it. >>> Although, Personally - I have seen a drop in spam over time - so I tend >>> to get very little of it. Which -I suspect is either due to a general >>> drop in Spam transmissions - and/or a combination of my providers doing >>> a Better job at blocking Spam. My Gmail account gets pretty much >>> NOTHING. Although - that's not my main e-mail account - like my >>> Netcom(now owned by Earthlink or some such) and my Optimum Online e-mail >>> account. Sure, via the Netcom - I still continue to get those Million >>> dollar winning hoaxes - and the Nigeria scams. But, in general they are >>> less. >>> >>> As for the problem you are trying to report. A simple trick -most >>> providers generally have an Abuse e-mail address that is easy enough to >>> you - and I HAVE gotten personal responses back. Like, in your case - >>> its probably: [email protected] >> Actually, that was the reply from [email protected]. >> >>> On 2/5/2012 3:56 PM, Pete Theisen wrote: >>>> Hi Everybody, >>>> >>>> "This is an automated response; please do not reply to this email as >>>> replies will not be answered. >>>> >>>> To report spam, security, or abuse-related issues involving Yahoo!'s >>>> services, please go to http://abuse.yahoo.com. >>>> >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Yahoo! Customer Care" >>>> >>>> >>>> You go there and find no tools - you have to click through to another >>>> page, which wants the full email header which you have to get from yahoo >>>> mail - your own client isn't good enough. >>>> >>>> In other words, they are getting off helping people spam you and don't >>>> want to do anything about it > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
