Yahoo Blocks Venerable Email List Over False Positives

RomulusNR writes "Yahoo has stopped delivering This Is True, Randy Cassingham's 14-year-old mailing list, because too many Yahoo readers have mistakenly or carelessly flagged it as spam. Yahoo readers make up over 10% of True's readership, slashing the ad revenue that keeps it going. And Yahoo doesn't negotiate with spammers. As Randy describes it: 'The yahoos... ask to be put on True's distribution, then confirm that request, and... then click the "This is Spam" button when they don't recognize the mailing or simply don't want it anymore. Yes, those yahoos have screwed thousands upon thousands of others who really do want my newsletter. Too bad: Yahoo is listening to the yahoos instead: they're blocking it. To them, we're "spammers" and no protestations from "spammers" count.' The irony is that This is True is one of the first profitable mailing lists, predating Yahoo! Mail by almost three years."

Comments

Re:So, what is the problem?

[lena_10326]

You're so wrong about your "determination of spam" that it hurts. Please leave the Internet

Then it would be a simple matter to prove it wrong. Since you couldn't, you must be a simpleton with low IQ.

Re:So, what is the problem?

[lena_10326]

Wow you think really highly of yourself

I'm called stupid and I defend myself, yet it is I who you decide to single out? Well fuck you. The tone of my response is always reactionary to whoever replies to my post. Don't blame me if someone gives me attitude and I shovel it back. If you (the royal you) don't like it, then don't start flinging shit at me first.

Only a very stupid ISP would enact policy 1. Otherwise anytime you had someone die, or just plain decide to stop using your crappy service you would suddenly start blocking legitimate emails.

Yahoo does this. Let your account go idle for several months. Your account will be gone. You are obviously quite ignorant on this matter.

Your point number 2 is interesting but very wrong in this case

What are your qualifications? Why is it wrong? Do you know I've written co-registration scripts? Do you even have a clue what a co-registration signup is? I don't think you do.

Or maybe.. you can't distinguish between an idea from an instance of an idea? Opt in mailing list from "This Is True" mailing list? Class versus object? Cookie cutter versus cookie? Any of that ringing a bell? Are you really that stupid?

Point 3 is also invalid. And fairly stupid

I'm not even going to bother responding to that one because you fail to distinguish between idea and instance again.

In short, grow up, stop claiming special "industry knowledge" that is almost assuredly shared by most everyone reading this site

What are your qualifications? I'm speaking from experience in the field of sending email and information gathering (adhering to CANSPAM laws). You have zero clue on what you're talking about. I'm beginning to suspect you're a troll playing games here. No one in IT could be that ignorant of what happened to the online advertising industry between 2000 and 2005. If you're not a troll, then you're a dumb ass. By the way, format your message right next time. It looked like a child put it together.