Transcript from the Anti-Spam Workshop with Mark
- Posted August 6th, 2008 at 10:28 am by Ryan
- Categories: All-New Mail, Anti-Spam, Classic Mail, General, Security, Tips & Tutorials
Once again we’d like to thank everyone who submitted questions, and who stopped by to participate, during last week’s Anti-Spam Workshop with Matt (transcript here). We received a lot of great questions, and Mark enjoyed the opportunity to answer questions, as well as hear directly from the users. One of the more interesting questions lead […]
REMINDER: YMail Workshop with Anti-Spam Czar - Today @ 4PM PT
- Posted July 30th, 2008 at 10:19 am by Ryan
- Categories: All-New Mail, Anti-Spam, Classic Mail, General, Tips & Tutorials
Yep, don’t miss a special opportunity to chat with the head of our Anti-Abuse team, Mark, and share all things spammy. Mark is anxious to hear your thoughts and answer some of your questions about how to reduce spam.
You can pre-submit questions by signing into the workshop early, or you can sign in during the […]
Coming Soon (7/30): Special YMail Workshop with the Anti-Spam Czar
- Posted July 24th, 2008 at 5:25 pm by Ryan
- Categories: Anti-Spam, General, Tips & Tutorials
You’ve seen him on Yodel, and you’ve seen him rocking the ushanka on this very blog, but now you will have a chance to ask our resident “Anti-Spam Czar” Mark (aka the head of our anti-abuse team for Mail) all you wanted to know about spam. Be sure to join us on Wednesday, July 30th, […]
Another scam warning - recent PayPal phishing
- Posted May 13th, 2008 at 3:54 pm by Ryan
- Categories: Anti-Spam, General, Security, Tips & Tutorials
I received a lot of positive responses (comments and email) after last week’s warning about bogus Yahoo! Lottery scams, so I thought I’d keep with that theme and offer up some more tips.
Hopefully just about everyone knows that when someone sends an “URGENT” message “from the desk of…” some guy insisting that you just lucked […]
Yahoo! Lottery notifications - don’t fall for ‘em!
- Posted May 8th, 2008 at 8:02 am by Ryan
- Categories: Anti-Spam, General, Tips & Tutorials
I trust that the vast majority of you all would never fall for such an obvious ruse (notice I spelled that correctly this time), but given the number of questions I’m getting via email, as well as what many users are asking on Yahoo! Answers (more than 6,000 questions!), I think it’s worth a reminder. […]
RESOLVED: Postmaster Queue Delays
I’m happy to report that the previously reported delays in responding to Postmaster troubleshooting forms have been resolved, and all inquiries should receive a response within 24 - 48 hours.
We apologize for any frustration this may have caused.
Ryan K.
Community Manager
Yahoo! Mail
More tips for Yahoo! Security Month
- Posted April 21st, 2008 at 9:27 am by Ryan
- Categories: Anti-Spam, General, Security, Tips & Tutorials
In the spirit of Yahoo! Security Month, I wanted to put up a quick post so you all can check out this recent clip from KGO-TVs The View from the Bay. Yahoo! Web Life Editor Heather Cabot breaks down several tips to help everyone be smarter online!
Ryan K
Community Manager
Yahoo! Mail
April is Yahoo! Mail Security Month
- Posted April 10th, 2008 at 10:20 am by Ryan
- Categories: All-New Mail, Anti-Spam, Classic Mail, General, Security
That’s right, Yahoo! Mail has claimed April and we have christened it Yahoo! Mail Security Month. Hence the shield-totin’ Liam you see to the right. —>
You may have already noticed that the Mail tips on your main page (Mail tab in Classic, Home tab in All-New Mail) had taken a turn for the […]
UPDATE: Postmaster Queue Delays
As reported recently, some bulk senders, ISPs, and commercial emailers have been running into problems getting timely responses to our Postmaster troubleshooting forms. Unfortunately the situation is taking longer to resolve than we had anticipated, so I wanted to let you know that we are still working on it and are concentrating our efforts […]
Answering concerns about Preview Pane
- Posted April 4th, 2008 at 9:45 am by Ryan
- Categories: All-New Mail, Anti-Spam, General, Security, Tips & Tutorials
In a recent post several users expressed some concerns about the Preview Pane feature in the All-New Yahoo! Mail. I touched base with the guys from our anti-spam team, as well as those from the team that focuses more on overall security throughout the Yahoo! network, and I think I’m sufficiently equipped to respond.
First […]
