how to report spam to Yahoo!

Fri Mar 23 02:21:28 UTC 2012

I used to use this form semi regularly.  It's behavior has changed in
the last couple of months, after i'd finally gotten over the whole 'why
can't I just forward them the email' thing and gotten used to copying
and pasting the header and the body (seperately) into different fields
on their webform.

I'm disgusted that Yahoo (a regular source of spam) no longer readily
offer the means to report the abusers (or abused accounts) in their midst.

This while they apply some of the most over-the-top and disproportionate
justifications to categorise inbound mail as spam (to their customers
detriment, and also their correspondents, who have no idea why they're
being categorised that way).

If anyone knows what Yahoo's intentions are in this space, i'd love to
hear about it.

Mark.

On 23/03/12 08:41, Paul Graydon wrote:
> 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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