

| Subject: | Re: List Vendors ignoring people |
| From: | The Bus Depot |
| Date: | Fri, 17 Dec 2004 18:48:21 -0500 |
> 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 _____________________________________________ Toll-Free for Orders by PART # : 1-866-BUS-DEPOT
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