Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:08:57 -0700
Reply-To: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: jimt <camper@TACTICAL-BUS.INFO>
Subject: Re: List Vendors ignoring people
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I was within seconds of burning and ebay buyer with a nopay-nocontact when
she suddenly emails me. All of the ebay messages to here were in her spam
box which she only sporadically reviewed. A yahoo email address. I advised
her to get an address off of yahoo if she wanted to continue on ebay with
positive results.
Also never set any filter to a delete.
jimt
On 12/17/04 4:48 PM, "The Bus Depot" <vanagon@BUSDEPOT.COM> wrote:
>> Be sure their ISP is not blocking yours.
>
>
> Or the other away around. For example, apparantly Yahoo Mail puts a lot of
> busdepot email (personal responses to customer inquiries) into the user's
> Spam folder (where it might be overlooked) if you have that feature turned
> on. Even though we have never sent spam! I learned this after noticing a
> pattern of people with yahoo.com email addresses complaining about no reply
> to Bus Depot email, even after I sent the same reply three or four times.
>
> When I first learned this, I tried contacting Yahoo about it, but of course
> couldn't reach anyone who either knew why we were filtered or even cared.
> Then I did some research on Google, and learned that Yahoo's spam filter was
> one of the most aggressive and inaccurate, with three times the average rate
> of false positives (classifying "real" email as spam). In fact, in an ironic
> twist, when the U.S. Government set up the "do not call" list - basically an
> anti-spam filter itself, of sorts - Yahoo Mail users had problems signing on
> to the list - because Yahoo's spam filter blocked the government email
> confirmation of their requests as spam! So at least I know I'm not alone in
> this.
>
> So, if you have Yahoo, or other service that may have an overly aggressive
> spam filter, check that spam box carefully! I personally use both Ella for
> Spam Control and Cloudmark Spambayes - both very accurate - but I still skim
> my spam box before deleting anything. Even the best filters have a false
> positive now and then.
>
> - Ron Salmon
> The Bus Depot, Inc.
> www.busdepot.com
> (215) 234-VWVW
>
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