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More Adventures with Tech Support
May. 20th, 2007 02:57 pm> Mail-Id: 1179365107-3397
> "Name:" : Joreth
> "Yahoo! ID:" : jorethinnkeeper
> "Email Address:" : Joreth@techie.com
> "Operating System:" : Vista
> "Type of Browser:" : I.E.
> "Browser Version" : 6
> "Issue Type:" : Blocked Messages
> "How often this occurs:" : Don't Know
> "Description" : I sent out a warning to several of my friends and family
> about a phishing scam, and my warning email got blocked as though it
> WERE the phishing scam. This was a very important warning and I think
> it needs to get sent. Please fix this!
> ----- Original Message -----
> Hello Joreth,
>
> Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.
>
> At this time, it is unclear what assistance you are seeking. In order
> for us to better assist you, we would appreciate some additional
> information. Please reply to this email with the full details of what
> you are experiencing -- the more information we have, the better we will
> be able to investigate this issue.
>
> We look forward to providing you with a solution as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.
>
> Regards,
>
> Florence
>
> Yahoo! Customer Care
> http://www.yahoo.com/
>
> 34612450
>
Let me try to say it more slowly then.
I wrote an email to some family and friends.
It was a warning about a Phishing scam.
It was bounced back to everyone I sent it to.
The reason was that Yahoo suspected my email as being a Phishing scam and refused to send it.
How can I get past this filter?
> "Name:" : Joreth
> "Yahoo! ID:" : jorethinnkeeper
> "Email Address:" : Joreth@techie.com
> "Operating System:" : Vista
> "Type of Browser:" : I.E.
> "Browser Version" : 6
> "Issue Type:" : Blocked Messages
> "How often this occurs:" : Don't Know
> "Description" : I sent out a warning to several of my friends and family
> about a phishing scam, and my warning email got blocked as though it
> WERE the phishing scam. This was a very important warning and I think
> it needs to get sent. Please fix this!
> ----- Original Message -----
> Hello Joreth,
>
> Thank you for writing to Yahoo! Mail.
>
> At this time, it is unclear what assistance you are seeking. In order
> for us to better assist you, we would appreciate some additional
> information. Please reply to this email with the full details of what
> you are experiencing -- the more information we have, the better we will
> be able to investigate this issue.
>
> We look forward to providing you with a solution as soon as possible.
>
> Thank you again for contacting Yahoo! Customer Care.
>
> Regards,
>
> Florence
>
> Yahoo! Customer Care
> http://www.yahoo.com/
>
> 34612450
>
Let me try to say it more slowly then.
I wrote an email to some family and friends.
It was a warning about a Phishing scam.
It was bounced back to everyone I sent it to.
The reason was that Yahoo suspected my email as being a Phishing scam and refused to send it.
How can I get past this filter?
The original message was received at Wed, 16 May 2007 18:25:54 -0700
from webmail-outgoing.us4.outblaze.com [205.158.62.67]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
<email address>
(reason: 554 Message not allowed - UP Email not accepted for policy reasons. Please
visit http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/defer/defer-04.html[120])
----- Transcript of session follows -----
... while talking to mx1.sbc.mail.yahoo.com.:
>>> DATA
<<< 554 Message not allowed - UP Email not accepted for policy reasons. Please visit
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/defer/defer-04.html[120]
554 5.0.0 Service unavailable
