When I enable SSL via the yahoo instr., my norton spam not longer works and ALL email ends up in the in box. ?

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LB asked:

Dear AT&T Yahoo! Customer:

We noticed that you are accessing email using non-secure settings in your email software.

We would like to ensure that your AT&T Yahoo! Member ID, password, and email messages are transmitted securely between your mail software (such as Outlook or Outlook Express) and the AT&T Yahoo! Mail servers. In order to meet this need, please enable SSL via the instructions that are available on the Help site.

Since multiple email notifications have already been sent out about this, we request that you please make the necessary changes immediately. Remember, you need to make these changes if you want to continue to send/receive email using a mail client.

Thank you for your cooperation,

AT&T Yahoo! Customer Support
If I don’t enable the SSL, yahoo writes “you need to make these changes if you want to continue to send/receive email using a mail client.” so I’m not sure what to do, I use Outlook and like how Norton keeps all the spam out of the inbox.

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One Response to 'When I enable SSL via the yahoo instr., my norton spam not longer works and ALL email ends up in the in box. ?'

  1. saiboogu - April 17th, 2009 at 1:36 am

    SSL encrypts the emails between Yahoo and your email program. When you do that, Norton cannot read the mail to find the spam.

    Edit – Doesn’t look like there’s any way to make Norton work with Yahoo & SSL. I’d suggest SpamBayes – an antispam plugin for Outlook. It’s very powerful, and learns to identify spam based on how you flag messages. In the beginning it’ll miss stuff, but as long as you use the “Flag as spam” button it will learn quickly.


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