said by jsimmons3 :

I'm not happy. This email thing has annoyed my wife, and that affects MY day-to-day productivity because now I have to try to fix the stuff that AT&T screwed up.

Yes, I'm going to be hard to get along with until this is resolved, so take my advice and don't waste your time trying to calm me down. I feel already that I'm being overcharged for the service I was getting before this, and new problems not of my own doing just drive that nail further into my head.

AT&T has created more problems than it solved, and after three weeks (or more), it hasn't been reversed, so I can only assume that AT&T doesn't give a shit.

said by jsimmons3 :

The blocked email thing is being addressed (although why it's on ME to fix it is beyond belief since I didn't do anything WRONG in the first place).

said by jsimmons3 :

Yes, I'm going to be hard to get along with until this is resolved, so take my advice and don't waste your time trying to calm me down. I feel already that I'm being overcharged for the service I was getting before this, and new problems not of my own doing just drive that nail further into my head.

AT&T has created more problems than it solved, and after three weeks (or more), it hasn't been reversed, so I can only assume that AT&T doesn't give a shit.

Prove to me that I'm wrong, and not with some apologetic marketing hype, but with action that solves the problem.

said by jsimmons3 :

It's not about the blocking right now - it's about the fact that my wife can't send emails with an alternate FROM address any more.

said by d_l :

On your new AT&T-Yahoo email accounts, if you are not authenticating with the UserID/Password that matches the "From" email ID in Thunderbird (or whatever email client you use), then the email will not work. Yahoo has cracked down on the sloppy practice of allowing authentication with an account ID other than the "From" email ID. spammers made use of this sloppiness.

A lot of people have been bitching about this change as if it was some imposition on them. Yahoo is simply finally conforming to the correct email authentication procedures. Many of us have never noticed any problems with these changes to stamp out spam because we have set up our accounts correctly from the get go. Meanwhile the new email change bitchers have been aiding and abetting the spammers with their sloppy set ups.

IMHO, the "spammer accomplices" should be "fined" a large fee before being allowed the continued the using of their Internet accounts. Bitching about these mandatory changes that will cut SPAM isn't going to generate any sympathy with me.

said by jsimmons3 :

No, it's NOT improperly setup. I changed it over to their SSL stuff when that announcement came out, and every thing was fine until a few weeks ago. My wife got one of her verification emails last night, and that alternate address shows up as verified, yet it STILL can't be used in the FROM field.

said by d_l :

On your new AT&T-Yahoo email accounts, if you are not authenticating with the UserID/Password that matches the "From" email ID in Thunderbird (or whatever email client you use), then the email will not work. Yahoo has cracked down on the sloppy practice of allowing authentication with an account ID other than the "From" email ID. Spammers made use of this sloppiness.

A lot of people have been bitching about this change as if it was some imposition on them. Yahoo is simply finally conforming to the correct email authentication procedures. Many of us have never noticed any problems with these changes to stamp out spam because we have set up our accounts correctly from the get go. Meanwhile the new email change bitchers have been aiding and abetting the spammers with their sloppy set ups.

IMHO, the "spammer accomplices" should be "fined" a large fee before being allowed the continued the using of their internet accounts. Bitching about these mandatory changes that will cut spam isn't going to generate any sympathy with me.

said by Frohike :

Would you like it if a spammer put your email in their FROM field when sending spam - that way when the spamee receives the spam and replies - it comes back to you.

Just an example of what the security patch is trying to prevent.

Also - spammers could put customerservice@att.net and make people think its legit email and open and see the spam.

And another thing, making people verify its legit email in the FRom field deters spammers...so it does help. Spammers do sign up for dial accounts to use it for spam.

said by d_l :

... I'll go with Frohike 's answer.

Even if everyone voluntarily sets up their accounts to correctly match the "From" with the account ID, spammers could still use this ploy to use false "From" addresses if there isn't a policy forcing the "From" to match the account authentication.