On Mon, 2021-03-22 at 18:04 +0000, Laura Atkins wrote: > 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
As always, excellent feedback Laura thank you very much. -Jim P. _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
