yahoo -> verizon mail br0ken

[Tom Buskey]

On 4/24/06, kevin_d_clark at comcast.net <kevin_d_clark at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Here is something interesting:
>
> : Date:  23 Apr 2006 17:42:49 -0000
> : From: MAILER-DAEMON at yahoo.com
> : To:   bob at yahoo.com
> : Subject:      failure notice
> :
> : Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com.
> : I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following
> : addresses.
> : This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
> :
> : <USERNAME at verizon.net>:
> : Connected to 206.46.232.13 but sender was rejected.
> : Remote host said: 550 Email from your Email Service Provider is
> currently
> : blocked by
> : Verizon Online's anti-spam system.  The email "sender" or Email Service
> : Provider may visit
> : http://www.verizon.net/whitelist and request removal of the block.
>
> A friend of mine even reminded me that Verizon and Yahoo have a business
> relationship when it comes to ISP functionality.
>
> I thought I'd pass this along.  From my friend's perspective, he is a
> Verizon customer and he is looking for work; he is none to happy at the
> possibility that responses to his resume might be blocked.



I'd suggest he get a gmail account (I have invites).

I have Verizon DSL and don't use it or the Yahoo! service they offer.
However, I did get an opt-out for a class action suit against Verizon for
blocking foreign mail.  Verizon lost.  I think they'd be sensitive to it.
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