[NSRCA-discussion] Mailing list problems from Yahoo addresses

Robert L. Beaubien rob at koolsoft.com
Wed Apr 9 08:27:11 AKDT 2014


Tom,  Outlook.com now supports IMAP:

http://blogs.office.com/2013/09/12/outlook-com-now-has-imap/ 

-  Robert Beaubien
-  Sr. Software Architect
-  Kool Software LLC

"No trees were harmed in the sending of this message, however a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced."

-----Original Message-----
From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Tom Simes
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2014 9:21 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Mailing list problems from Yahoo addresses

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



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Tom

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Tom Simes                                       simestd at netexpress.com
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