Comments on: Transcript from the Anti-Spam Workshop with Mark

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 18:00:09 +0000

“Also, what’s the deal with only giving us 50 filters? That’s not nearly enough to direct every person in my address book to a custom folder (to handle the no-whitelist feature).”

AMEN to that one! As much as I like Yahoo Mail, I’m probably going to have to stop using it soon for that reason alone. 50 filters isn’t NEARLY enough to keep legitimate mailers’ communications from ending up in the Spam folder (let alone allow for use of the non-whitelisting benefits of filters). I can’t turn off spam control, because I receive hundreds a day. But I use Outlook to pull in my mail, and I don’t have time to sift through the Yahoo spam folder every day.

This could all be solved SO easily by offering PAYING cusomers more than a measly 50 filters. I’d very much LIKE to keep Yahoo for my primary email, but if the filer limit doesn’t substantially increase soon, I’m going to have no choice but to strat transitioning over to another email provider. Heck, I’d even be willing to pay a reasonable dollar premium (beyond the usual cost) to get additional filters. C’mon, get on the stick on this one, Yahoo! It’s an obviously-needed enhancement that’s WAY overdue. I’d like to be able to stick around.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:58:43 +0000

It would be great if there was a way to block email addresses quickly without marking them as SPAM (for example, I no longer wish to receive information about a dance class I used to attend, but they don’t seem to be able to get me off their email list. However, I don’t want it to be considered SPAM, as it is a legit mailing that I used to enjoy). I know you can go into preferences and block emails, but that is time consuming. Would be nice to have a quick button for this.

By: Bobr

Bobr — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:27:48 +0000

Yes, I have been using yahoo email plus with address guard for three or four years now, thankfully have received zero spam. But it is such a pain to use. There are other things I would like to suggest. What is the best way to suggest improvements? Sometimes I wonder if anyone at yahoo uses address guard, it is a great feature but so hard to use.

Bob R

By: rekha

rekha — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:02:28 +0000

hi dude

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:55:04 +0000

(comment 2)
In other news, why does SEARCH on my Yahoo mail account no longer work very well? In fact, it’s a complete piece of junk lately. I can search for a SINGLE word in a folder with that word showing up 100+ times and get only 2-3 results. It is utterly broken.

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:53:47 +0000

(comment 1)
I second the comment by Jim Alfaro.

The spam on my Yahoo account is totally out of control. I would LOVE a WHITELIST ONLY feature that keeps everyone not in my address book in a holding tank. I really can’t see why this isn’t implemented as a FILTER RULE.

Also, what’s the deal with only giving us 50 filters? That’s not nearly enough to direct every person in my address book to a custom folder (to handle the no-whitelist feature).

Sorry to say, but my GMAIL and Hotmail accounts get practically zero spam anymore compared to my yahoo account.

By: Jim Alfaro

Jim Alfaro — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 03:16:55 +0000

Ryan……how about a setting where I can only receive mail from my contact list or people I have written to. Put the rest in junk.

I get TONS of spam on my yahoo account, yet, near nothing on my Gmail account…..how come?

By: P R Smith

P R Smith — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 08:18:39 +0000

There is a fairly easy way to limit spam. I received an e-mail from a friend who uses Earthlink. When I responded to his e-mail, I received a bounce back requiring me to let the recipient know who I was. If I had been in his address book, it would not generate such a request.

Also, verifying sending e-mail addresses would cut down a fair amount of spam. Limiting the number of e-mails sendable with the free accounts. By this, I mean the total number of e-mails sent, including those where the sender has multiple addressees in one e-mail.

For those who haven’t considered it, when you forward an e-mail and you do not send it to yourself with a BCC to everyone else, you are providing all of those e-mail addresses to those you sent it to as well as those it gets forwarded to. I received an e-mail that had been forwarded 3 times. I had a huge list of e-mail addresses, and unfortunately if any of those in my group forwarded it, they most likely included my e-mail address.

I get tired of the e-mails supposedly coming from my own address which are spam. Or, when my actual e-mails go into the Spam folder. It is often easier to send myself an e-mail if I am needing to track something.

By: peace

peace — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 12:14:56 +0000

What I’d like to know, is why I am receiving emails that aren’t sent to my email address, but rather have the first four letters of my email. Why am I getting these??

it’s annoying to say the least. I open my email in the morning to check the spam folder to see that a legitimate email isn’t in the spam folder, just to see that most of those emails aren’t sent to my address…. WHAT GIVES??

also,

I blocked addresses from sending me junk, only to see that those addresses which were blocked by me, continue to get through.

I believe Yahoo has many improvements to make. My gmail account never has this problem… it does what I tell it to do and I don’t receive emails which are sent to a different email address.

By: Leslie Groesbeck

Leslie Groesbeck — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:08:23 +0000

Ryan- I just received thru Spam, 2 emails from MY yahoo email address! What is going on here and what kind of security concerns should I be looking to correct? I didn’t send them to myself, or to anyone else (as Spam) so how is it someone else can “adopt” my yahoo address for these purposes? what can I do to stop it?