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From: Richard Fangnail on 24 Feb 2010 13:16 There have been threads the past year about Yahoo Mail asking people to enter Captchas (the twisted characters you enter for security) when sending out emails. Apparently it's only for new users or people who recently had suspicous activity. I've never been asked for one until just now. A week ago somebody mailed out garbage to 5-10 people on my Contacts list so it looked like I had sent them. I don't know how they did it. Today, Yahoo said I had to change my password and gave me the captcha. I then sent 2-3 emails and no captcha appeared. I hope the captchas don't appear - I hate those things, and they are unfair to kids or older people. And there's no way to get rid of them. I've heard that they go away after a few weeks, is that true? When you do get them, are they for every email or every so often?
From: Desk Rabbit on 24 Feb 2010 13:35 On 24/02/2010 18:16, Richard Fangnail wrote: > There have been threads the past year about Yahoo Mail asking people > to enter Captchas (the twisted characters you enter for security) when > sending out emails. Apparently it's only for new users or people who > recently had suspicous activity. > > I've never been asked for one until just now. A week ago somebody > mailed out garbage to 5-10 people on my Contacts list so it looked > like I had sent them. I don't know how they did it. Today, Yahoo > said I had to change my password and gave me the captcha. I then sent > 2-3 emails and no captcha appeared. > > I hope the captchas don't appear - I hate those things, and they are > unfair to kids or older people. Why are they unfair?
From: Richard Fangnail on 24 Feb 2010 13:40 On Feb 24, 10:35 am, Desk Rabbit <m...(a)example.com> wrote: > On 24/02/2010 18:16, Richard Fangnail wrote: > > > There have been threads the past year about Yahoo Mail asking people > > to enter Captchas (the twisted characters you enter for security) when > > sending out emails. Apparently it's only for new users or people who > > recently had suspicous activity. > > > I've never been asked for one until just now. A week ago somebody > > mailed out garbage to 5-10 people on my Contacts list so it looked > > like I had sent them. I don't know how they did it. Today, Yahoo > > said I had to change my password and gave me the captcha. I then sent > > 2-3 emails and no captcha appeared. > > > I hope the captchas don't appear - I hate those things, and they are > > unfair to kids or older people. > > Why are they unfair? What I meant was that some people can't deal with the captchas due to handicaps or confusion.
From: Rod Speed on 24 Feb 2010 13:43 Richard Fangnail wrote: > There have been threads the past year about Yahoo Mail asking people > to enter Captchas (the twisted characters you enter for security) when > sending out emails. Apparently it's only for new users or people who > recently had suspicous activity. > > I've never been asked for one until just now. A week ago somebody > mailed out garbage to 5-10 people on my Contacts list so it looked > like I had sent them. I don't know how they did it. Today, Yahoo > said I had to change my password and gave me the captcha. I then sent > 2-3 emails and no captcha appeared. > > I hope the captchas don't appear - I hate those things, and they are > unfair to kids or older people. And there's no way to get rid of > them. I've heard that they go away after a few weeks, is that true? > > When you do get them, are they for every email or every so often? Makes more sense to use gmail instead of yahoo mail. Handles spam much better too.
From: MOLOGROV SCHLOCKTAIL on 24 Feb 2010 13:57
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:43:06 +1100, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Makes more sense to use gmail instead of yahoo mail. Handles spam much better too. We Have Saying In Country. Is Impossible To Don't Be Evil. |