Re: Having Strange Problems sending email.....

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On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 14:25:21 -0700, Marvin Miller wrote:

> "N. Miller" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:149vhoeuxdxnc$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

>> On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:43:30 -0700, Marvin Miller wrote:

>>> Yes, he's checked the bulk folder....

>> Hopefully he hasn't set SpamGuard for "Immediate Delete".

> Just out of curiosity, did you read my original post? :-)

Yes. And that affects my answer how? If your correspondent has SpamGuard
disabled, Yahoo! Mail does not block anything. If your correspondent has
SpamGuard enabled, then spamblocked messages are routed to the Bulk folder.
Messages routed to the Bulk folder are, by default, held there for 30 days;
but, if the user makes changes, that can be reduce to zero days. I have now
re-read your original post four times, but I have failed to see any
information in it which affects my query.

To recap:

Yahoo! SpamGuard off: No email is routed away from the Inbox.
Yahoo! SpamGuard on, default settings: Suspect email is held in the Bulk
folder for thirty days.

Yahoo! SpamGuard on, Immediate Delete selected: Suspect email is not held
anywhere, it is deleted without being seen.

http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools?tool=1

Yahoo! SpamGuard is a user configurable spam filter. I have never seen any
evidence, nor does Yahoo! claim, or admit, that email is silently dropped;
except when the user configures SpamGuard for "Immediate Delete", which is
not the default setting at all!

BTW, there are two versions:

SpamGuard, for Yahoo! Mail accounts (free).
SpamGuard Plus, for Yahoo! Mail Plus accounts ($19.99US per year; free with
SBC Yahoo! accounts). I have SBC Yahoo! DSL Service, and a free Yahoo! Mail
account, so I have both versions. I think I know how it works.

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