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http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2009/08/17/yahoo-spam-free-email-for-a-price/

I can see why they're charging for the service, but if people used sender whitelists, it is a guaranteed, no-hassle way to ensure a spam-free inbox.

I've yet to receive spam purporting to be from anyone in my address book.

Best regards,
Vulcan.

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VulcanB2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Pilot Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Points: 13365	Post Options Post Reply Quote VulcanB2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Yahoo! CentMail Posted: 18 Aug 2009 at 12:31am
	http://www.securitywatch.co.uk/2009/08/17/yahoo-spam-free-email-for-a-price/ I can see why they're charging for the service, but if people used sender whitelists, it is a guaranteed, no-hassle way to ensure a spam-free inbox. I've yet to receive spam purporting to be from anyone in my address book. Best regards, Vulcan.

MartinW Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Moderator in Command Joined: 31 Mar 2008 Location: United Kingdom Points: 26722	Post Options Post Reply Quote MartinW Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 2009 at 9:53am
	I've yet to receive spam purporting to be from anyone in my address book. Neither have I and I don't use sender whitelists, whatever they are.

VulcanB2 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Chief Pilot Joined: 02 Apr 2008 Points: 13365	Post Options Post Reply Quote VulcanB2 Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 18 Aug 2009 at 12:20pm
	A sender whitelist looks to see if the sender is in your address book. If they are -> Inbox, if not -> Junk. You still need to check the junk for good mail, but once yuo've added that person to the address book, they will always appear in the Inbox. My e-mail server also marks suspect spam messages as SPAM which makes things easier, too, but there are a couple of companies and other people who still list as spam for some reason (bad DNS config usually). Best regards, Vulcan.