I have subscribed to or registered at various sites, for example,
newspapers, severe weather notification site, neighborhood group. I
was able to email articles, get hurricane information, and so on.
Then I started getting messages that I couldn't get into the
neighborhood group because I had an invalid email address. Same for
trying to forward a newspaper article. I contacted my email provider,
and was told that it was not a problem that started with that
provider. I went to the Help menus and followed directions, only to
be stymied by having to provide my email address, which was deemed
invalid. One newspaper rep. solved the problem for his paper, but
that process didn't take care of the other problematic sites. What do
you think the problem is? Can I fix it myself? How? How can I avoid
having the same problem in the future? Thanks--gg |
Request for Question Clarification by
sublime1-ga
on
11 Sep 2004 17:25 PDT
gg...
It's possible. Some sites decline such email addresses due
to the fact that unchecked mail results in a backlog of
email, and subsequent emails are undeliverable to the full
address. Many such addresses, such as Hotmail, cancel these
accounts after 30 days to preclude the backlog, and this
makes such addresses more of a risk, as they are thought
of as 'disposable' and 'anonymous' accounts. Some sites,
especially subscription sites, insist that you use an
email address which is not anonymous, and can be traced
to a valid identity for various reasons, including security.
Some sites will also block entire email domains, such as
Hotmail, on the basis of receiving large amounts of spam
from those domains in response to mailing to them, and
receiving an unsatisfactory response from those domains
when reporting the spam and requesting assistance in
tracking down its source and/or eliminating it.
Checking with the various sites may be the only way to
determine if their policies have undergone a change.
sublime1-ga
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