[NSRCA-discussion] Mailing list problems from Yahoo addresses

[Tom Simes]

On 04/09/14 07:48, Tom Simes wrote:
> 
> Folks, if you are using a Yahoo mail address and you participate in ANY
> mailing lists, you probably should get a new mail account somewhere
> else.  In a nutshell, Yahoo made a change over the weekend that
> potentially breaks posting to mailing lists from Yahoo addresses.
> 
> Here are the technical details for those so inclined, but suffice to say
> if you currently rely on a Yahoo email account for important
> communication, I would strongly recommend establishing a new account
> somewhere else.
> 
> http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg87153.html
> 

Ironically, according to my logs there's a very good chance that none of
the Yahoo subscribers saw the above message.  Yahoo started bouncing
list messages on the 7th so I just sent individual messages to those
subscribers.

Although I've mentioned the fallout of the Yahoo changes with respect to
mailing lists, these changes (if not reversed) will result in the
inability of Yahoo accounts to receive legitimate mail from a variety of
sources.  It's time to set up an account elsewhere ASAP, particularly if
you use Yahoo! for any kind of business communication.

As Rob mentioned, Gmail, Apple or possibly Microsoft's offerings would
be a good choice.  I would recommend choosing a service that supports
IMAP rather than only POP (which eliminates Outlook.com).

Here is a link to some good choices - my top 3 recommendations would be
Gmail, AIM or iCloud.

http://email.about.com/od/freeemailreviews/tp/free_email.htm



-- 
Tom

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Tom Simes                                       simestd at netexpress.com
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