[dms-discuss] Yahoo Email

[Braden]

Hi Rob,

Thanks for the heads up on that.  Fortunately thus far I think nobody has been auto-unsubscribed; I think with current settings, it would take three weeks.  But regardless, a good suggestion to backup the current list.

  - Braden


On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 02:58:21PM -0700, Robert Nickerson wrote:
> Hi
> 
> We found out about this last week and its a big PITA
> 
> Basically this standard,  demarc, is very POOR, but a lot of big email
> companies are using it.  Yahoo has the strictest implementation of it.
> 
> The bad thing though too is, with list processors automagically  removing
> bounced email addresses this can kill a list membership pretty quickly. SO
> I'd suggest our list membership/email addresses be backed up.
> 
> Totally destroyed Whole Earth Festival List, big pain.
> 
> RAN
> 
> 
> On 4/16/2014 2:52 PM, James R Holliday wrote:
> >Greetings, Makers.
> >
> >If you do not use Yahoo for your personal email, go ahead and stop
> >reading; this doesn't affect you.
> >
> >Last week, Yahoo updated its email policy.  Basically, mail containing
> >a Yahoo "from" address is no longer considered legitimate if it didn't
> >come from Yahoo's servers.
> >
> >When you post to our mailing lists, we send out your message to all
> >subscribed members.  The message is marked as being from you, but it
> >comes from our server.  Because of Yahoo's new policy: if you're sending
> >from an "@yahoo.com" address, your post is likely to be rejected by most
> >of the ISPs of most of our subscribers.
> >
> >[----->    Very few people will see your post :^(<-----]
> >
> >We have a few options, but none of them are really nice.  The easiest
> >thing to do would be to *change your email provider*.  We will continue
> >to look for a work-around that affects the fewest number of people.  In
> >the mean time, if you need to post to the list: send the message to a
> >board member and we'll pass it along.
> >
> >Sorry about this.
> >
> >-James
> >
> >A little more info:
> >   http://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg87153.html