Problems getting YAHOO! Message Board Messages ....

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> Hi y'all,

>

> Our dear friend, Nurse Lily, called me last night and said that

she'd had

> difficulty getting online due to some problems in her account with

Yahoo.

Hi Lilly, all

I've been looking into Lilly's problem with YAHOO, and a number of

other members as well. I think some ISP's (Internet Service

Providers) recently " upgraded " some of their automatic spam-

blocking/filtering software, and for some reason, it seems to be

blocking message traffic from the various YAHOO! groups. I came

across a recent message in a list-managers' forum that indicated

that " RoadRunner " in particular (a popular cable-based DSL provider)

is on that has recently been having problems accepting YAHOO!

messages.

I think I've got Lilly's account reactivated, and I've also found

about a dozen more members with " rr.com " e-mail addresses that had

been put on the " bounce " list and have reactivated them as well, but

members may have to set something individually on their ROadRunner

accounts to allow YAHOO message group traffic, or this may happen

again.

This all was set off by the recent rash of virus/worms that began

cirulating, and various ISP's increased their efforts to block these

malicious attacks. Unfortunately, in so doing, they have

inadvertantly cut off access to various message board groups for lots

of users.

Here's the message I found on the Manager's forum, including a link

where RoadRunner subscribers can go to fix their individual e-mail

addresses to " un-block " YAHOO messages:

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From: " bdbrill " <bbrill@s...>

Date: Mon Feb 23, 2004 11:44 am

Subject: RoadRunner MailBlock

and RoadRunner cannot seem to play nicely together. I

wonder if the problem could be that each has instituted new

virus/worm protections.

I'm a list owner who uses RoadRunner. About a week or so ago, my own

Yahoo Groups account bounced. I went to the URL that RoadRunner listed

http://security.rr.com/mail_blocks.htm#security

where I clicked the " removal " clickable link. Then I went back to

Yahoo Groups, requested a reactivation notice, received it, replied

instantly. The whole matter was resolved within an hour.

But I cannot seem to get my own groups' subscribers to do that. Just

prior, I had the entire bouncing section cleared. Now this! 38

bouncing.

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Hope this helps. Let me know if anyone knows of any other members

that have not been able to access the YAHOO! message board, and I'll

see what I can do to help.

Cheers,

--Tull

Assistant Moderator

Pancreatitis Association, International