On Mon, Aug 25, 2014 at 8:24 PM, elizabeth mcmahon <elizmcma...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Pip, > > I was kicked off of AMIA's listserv, too. This is the email I received. > Yahoo is the culprit, though they will blame the administrators. BS! I have > switched to gmail and so far, so good. Finger's crossed. If you search > Yahoo's help section, you will find many pissed off people having the same > problem with their Yahoo acct. Here was Yahoo's lame response (the first > one is much longer, but this will suffice): > i Elizabeth, > > Thank you for contacting Yahoo Mail. > > If the issue persists, the best solution is to contact the mail system > administrator or postmaster of the listserv, with which you are > experiencing the issue > > We recently changed our DMARC policy to proactively protect our users from > increasing email spam that uses Yahoo users’ email addresses from other > mail servers. This is an important step to secure our users’ email > identities from being used by unauthorized senders. It also interferes with > some long-standing uses of identities that are authorized by the user but > not verifiable. > By publishing a “p=reject” record, Yahoo tells other DMARC compliant > systems to reject mail from Yahoo users that isn’t genuinely originated > from a Yahoo server. > Thank you again for contacting Yahoo Mail. > > Real helpful, huh? If you want the first one, I would be happy to send it. > But basically Yahoo bounces all listserv emails now, for no discernible > reason. Thanks Marissa Mayer. > > Elizabeth > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > *From:* University of Kentucky LISTSERV Server (14.4) < > lists...@lsv.uky.edu> > *To:* Elizabeth Mcmahon <elizmcma...@yahoo.com> > *Sent:* Sunday, August 24, 2014 12:02 AM > *Subject:* Your removal from the AMIA-L list > > Sun, 24 Aug 2014 00:02:01 > > You have been automatically removed from the AMIA-L list (Association of > Moving Image Archivists) as a result of repeated delivery error reports > from your mail system. This decision was based on the automatic error > monitoring policy in effect for the list, and has not been reviewed or > otherwise confirmed by a human being. If you receive this message, it > means that something is wrong: while you are obviously able to receive > mail, your mail system has been regularly reporting that your account did > not exist, or that you were otherwise permanently unable to receive mail. > Here is some information which may assist you or your local help desk in > determining the cause of the problem: > > - The failing address is elizmcma...@yahoo.com. > > - The first error was reported on 2014-08-19. > > - Since then, a total of 3 delivery errors have been received. > > - The last reported error was: 5.7.9 554 5.7.9 Message not accepted for > policy reasons. See http://postmaster.yahoo.com/errors/postmaster-28.html > > PLEASE DO NOT IGNORE THIS MESSAGE. While you can of course re-subscribe > to the list, it is important for you to report this problem to your mail > administrator so that it can be solved. This problem is not specific to > the AMIA-L list, and also affects your private mail. This means that YOU > HAVE PROBABLY LOST SOME PRIVATE MAIL AS WELL. Anyone trying to write to > you during the same time frame will probably have received the same > errors for the same reason. The AMIA-L list is but one of the many people > who may have tried to write to you while your mail system was > malfunctioning. > > DO NOT LET TECHNICAL PEOPLE CONVINCE YOU THAT THIS IS NORMAL. It is never > normal for a mail system to claim that a valid, working account does not > exist, just as it would not be normal for the post office to return some > of your mail with "addressee unknown" when the address was written > correctly. It is true that some mail systems are less reliable than > others, and your technical people may be doing the best they can with the > tools they have. But, ultimately, the level of service that you are > receiving is the result of a business decision, and not something due to > a universal technical limitation that one can only accept. Reliable mail > systems do exist, and it is ultimately up to you to decide whether this > level of service is acceptable or not. > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > > -- Elizabeth
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