On 22 Mar 2021, at 16:06, Jim Popovitch via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > Something I've never fully understood: Is a disabled account permanent > or subject to reactivation upon some action? This is for a mailinglist > subscriber, so I'd prefer to not remove the subscriber if there's a > chance the participant can re-activate their account.
Some of the consumer mailbox providers disable the ability of a mailbox to accept mail if it’s not logged into for a certain length of time. However, if the mailbox owner logs in and reclaims it mail will start flowing again. Yahoo, in particular, has been sending out ‘if you don’t log in, we’re going to disable your ability to receive mail.’ Yahoo accounts are associated with a lot of other services (I have one I don’t use for mail but is associated with my paid Flickr account, for instance) so the accounts do still exist and I can always log back in and turn mail on again. They can be reactivated if the subscriber logs in and re-activates the mail. But the fact that it’s been deactivated means it’s very likely your subscriber likely hasn’t logged in for 6 - 12 months. I would suggest you stop sending mail to that account as repeatedly sending mail to an address that is dead is a hit to your reputation. laura > ---------- > Mar 22 13:37:33 smtp1 postfix/smtp[3675]: 4F3wXp35xSz1fC9H: to=< > xxxxxxx...@yahoo.com>, relay=mta6.am0.yahoodns.net[67.195.228.109]:25, > delay=3.2, delays=0.03/1.6/0.73/0.89, dsn=5.0.0, status=bounced (host > mta6.am0.yahoodns.net[67.195.228.109] said: 554 30 Sorry, your message > to xxxxxxxxxx @yahoo.com cannot be delivered. This mailbox is disabled > (554.30). (in reply to end of DATA command)) > ----------- > > > -Jim P. > > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop -- Having an Email Crisis? We can help! 800 823-9674 Laura Atkins Word to the Wise la...@wordtothewise.com (650) 437-0741 Email Delivery Blog: https://wordtothewise.com/blog
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