on 22-05-2014 15:59
on 22-05-2014 15:59
Apparently email sent to a BT or Yahoo email address is automatically rejected by the relevant servers and placed on a "grey list". If a second attempt is made later the email is accepted. This apparently helps to reduce spam. Details are at http://bit.ly/1lGkeqb
Isn't it wonderful what you can find out through Google?
Gerry DD (Have awarded myself a Doctor of Drivel degree)
on 22-05-2014 19:07
on 22-05-2014 20:42
on 22-05-2014 20:42
@Anonymous wrote:@Cleoriff Oh I do hope you are not implying that because something is old it is no longer valid or useful - for I am old and ..... well OK maybe you have a point!
Gerry
Not at all @Anonymous
I am the one at fault! I just read your post, I never checked the link provided. However if nothing else it
just goes to show, I really didn't need to read the link, as I could post from first hand experience of using
BTYahoo Mail:smileywink:
(So....the fact it was 5 years old was irrelevant....)
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 23-05-2014 00:04
As already mentioned, the article is from 5 years ago so you can correctly assume that email systems and spam filtering solutions have advanced ALOT since then. I'm sure BT Yahoo email got a makeover a couple of years ago which will have meant a change in the backend of their email system.
Is anyone still finding that BT Yahoo email is slow?
A bigger concern of BT Yahoo email users should be how hackers are able to send emails containing malicious links from their accounts to their entire address book. I see these daily at my work and I often wonder not only how the hackers manage it or why as they never delete anything, but why BT or Yahoo haven't been taken to task for it. I also see alot of fake "distress" emails from these accounts to everyone in their contacts stating that they are in a foriegn city, been robbed and need a hefty monetary amount to get home!
I should probably also point out that this isn't isolated to BT Yahoo email accounts but also Yahoo and Hotmail
on 23-05-2014 09:06
on 23-05-2014 09:06
An update on all this.
Yesterday I was quite positive in my post about BT/Yahoo mail....I think that comment jinxed me!!
From 2.30 pm my incoming emails stopped completely. My inbox was rather like the Marie Celeste ....
It remained like this for a good few hours.
In desperation I updated Firefox to the latest edition. Coincidentally after that, emails began flooding in..
So, if I had joined this debate yesterday afternoon, I would have had a far different experience to relate
Veritas Numquam Perit
on 23-05-2014 09:13
on 23-05-2014 09:13
on 23-05-2014 09:19
@Cleoriff No no no! You were not at fault at all. Hope I did not imply that you were.
And yes I think the age of the document is irrelevant. Just by way of experiment I sent an email from a Yahoo account to my BT Yahoo address at about 20:30 yesterday. It did not turn up in my BT Yahoo inbox until 23:20 last night.
However I do understand that evryone's experience differs and I think we can now happily close this thread. Thanks for all the responses folks.
Gerry
on 23-05-2014 09:22
on 23-05-2014 09:22
on 23-05-2014 09:55
@Anonymous I wasn't making an issue of closing the thread. I just meant I thought the matter was sort of exhausted. I certainly don't want or intend to stifle debate or prevent anyone expressing their views - not at all. It was my usual loose use of words - can I claim clemency due to advancing age and stupidity please?
Gerry
on 23-05-2014 10:00
on 23-05-2014 10:00
on 23-05-2014 11:07
on 23-05-2014 11:07
@Anonymous I think its good to keep it open actually. As you see it has grown from what you originally posted
(I for one forgot totally about the transfer of Yahoo and BT mail)
It may well be that is why mine went down for that long period last night
Veritas Numquam Perit