how to report spam to Yahoo!

Thu Mar 22 19:41:05 UTC 2012

The Yahoo form hasn't worked for a while.  When you do get to somewhere 
for reporting spam, a few hours or days later you'll get a response 
telling you to submit a report on the exact same form you used.  If you 
do you end up with the same response.  Repeat ad infinitum.  Same goes 
for their grey-listing/rate limiting report message.  I've given up 
trying to report anything e-mail related to Yahoo, mostly just apologise 
to end users and suggest they use another e-mail provider.

Paul

On 03/21/2012 03:27 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> Yahoo!'s abuse contact from whois:
>
> OrgAbuseEmail:  network-abuse at cc.yahoo-inc.com
>
> now sends an autoresponse that tells you to go to a web form to report
> spam:
>
> http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/spam.html
>
> but the link doesn't work--it just redirects to a generic Yahoo!  help
> page at:
>
> http://help.yahoo.com/kb/index?page=product&locale=en_US&y=PROD_MAIL_ML
>
> So how does a non-Yahoo! account holder report spam originating from
> Yahoo!'s network?
>
> ----- Forwarded message from Yahoo! Network<network-abuse at cc.yahoo-inc.com>  -----
>
> From: Yahoo! Network<network-abuse at cc.yahoo-inc.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:59:35 -0700
> Reply-To: Yahoo! Network<network-abuse at cc.yahoo-inc.com>
>
> Thank you for your email, but this address is no longer being used for
> abuse reporting or abuse related questions.
>
> To report spam, please use this form:
> http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/spam.html
>
> To report other types of abuse or for help with security or abuse
> related issues, please go to Yahoo! Abuse:
> http://abuse.yahoo.com
>
> For questions about using Yahoo! services, please visit Yahoo Help:
> http://help.yahoo.com
>
> Note: Please do not reply to this email as replies will not be answered.
>
> Thank you,
>   - Yahoo! Customer Care
>
>
>
>
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