On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 02:23:53PM +0000, Mark Goodge wrote:
> >That makes no sense at all, surely nothing more productive will happen
> >when the spiggot is turned on 4 hours later with even more mail queued.
>
> The point is that "following instructions" is a reasonable proxy for
> "being a legitimate sender". Spammers have no motivation to jump
> through the hoops, as they don't really care about mail which
> doesn't get through. Legitimate senders, though, have to if they are
> not to end up with large numbers of disgruntled senders and/or
> recipients.
>
> To be more specific, Yahoo's code TS01 doesn't mean "You are sending
> us too much email and we want you to slow down". It means "We think
> you might be a spammer, so we are setting you a simple test of
> whether you can follow instructions". If you pass the test, then
> when you restart sending then you'll be able to get everything
> through - it won't be rate-limited by Yahoo.
I've seen no evidence that this interpretation is correct. On what
basis do you assert that this is Yahoo's policy?
All I see that that the condition is transient, and for most sites
will typically clear up within ~4 hours.
--
Viktor.
