Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-17 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
J.D. Falk wrote: Jason Bertoch wrote: I've been hit with that response on a number of occasions. However, I've found that if I reply, pointing out their obvious error, I get a positive response. Probably wasted effort, though. Customer service drones get measured on how quickly they can ma

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-17 Thread J.D. Falk
Jason Bertoch wrote: I've been hit with that response on a number of occasions. However, I've found that if I reply, pointing out their obvious error, I get a positive response. Probably wasted effort, though. Customer service drones get measured on how quickly they can make the questioner

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-12 Thread Jason Bertoch
Philip A. Prindeville wrote: And I report this to Yahoo!. They then answer: We understand your frustration in receiving unsolicited email. While we investigate all reported violations against the Yahoo! Terms of Service (TOS), in this particular case the message you received was n

Re: [sa] More of a philosophical question

2009-11-12 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Philip A. Prindeville wrote: >> Return-Path: >> Received: from web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com On 11.11.09 17:15, Charles Gregory wrote: > The 'not from our server' response makes me think that Yahell needs > to update their e-mail response robot. > > A while ago Yahell

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-12 Thread Martin Gregorie
On Thu, 2009-11-12 at 02:54 +, RW wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:45:00 +0100 > Mark Martinec wrote: > > > > The IP address is not registered as belonging to Yahoo. > > The message is also missing their DKIM and DK signatures. > > OTOH it does have full-circle dns that ends in yahoo.com. >

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread RW
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:54:10 + RW wrote: > On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:45:00 +0100 > Mark Martinec wrote: > > > > The IP address is not registered as belonging to Yahoo. > > The message is also missing their DKIM and DK signatures. > > OTOH it does have full-circle dns that ends in yahoo.com.

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread LuKreme
On 11-Nov-2009, at 17:45, Mark Martinec wrote: > The IP address is not registered as belonging to Yahoo. > The message is also missing their DKIM and DK signatures. Yes it is. Wikipedia: "After the bursting of the dot-com bubble, Inktomi was acquired byYahoo!" -- i wasn't born a programmer. i

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread RW
On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:45:00 +0100 Mark Martinec wrote: > The IP address is not registered as belonging to Yahoo. > The message is also missing their DKIM and DK signatures. OTOH it does have full-circle dns that ends in yahoo.com.

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread LuKreme
On 11-Nov-2009, at 14:33, Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > And I report this to Yahoo! Yahoo is more and more like hotmail. I simply bin everything, mark them up, and recommend that people stop using them. They are extremely difficult to work with, seem to be staffed by total morons (as in your

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread Mark Martinec
On Wednesday November 11 2009 22:33:12 Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > This isn't so much of a technical question as a policy one. > > I get a lot of spam which looks like: > > Return-Path: > Received: from web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com > (web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com [74.6.114.43]) $ whois

Re: [sa] More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread Charles Gregory
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Philip A. Prindeville wrote: Return-Path: Received: from web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com The 'not from our server' response makes me think that Yahell needs to update their e-mail response robot. A while ago Yahell started partnering with companies like Rogers telecom

Re: More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread John Hardin
On Wed, 11 Nov 2009, Philip A. Prindeville wrote: This isn't so much of a technical question as a policy one. I get a lot of spam which looks like: Return-Path: Received: from web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com (web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com [74.6.114.43]) by mail.redfish-solutions.com (8.14

More of a philosophical question

2009-11-11 Thread Philip A. Prindeville
This isn't so much of a technical question as a policy one. I get a lot of spam which looks like: Return-Path: Received: from web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com (web.biz.mail.sk1.yahoo.com [74.6.114.43]) by mail.redfish-solutions.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with SMTP id nA8KXHbF007914 for ; Sun