[NSRCA-discussion] Mailing list problems from Yahoo addresses

[Keith Hoard]

Outlook.com now supports IMAP. 

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> On Apr 9, 2014, at 11:21, "Tom Simes" <simestd at netexpress.com> wrote:
> 
>> 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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