[il-talk] AT&T users may want to turn off your Spam Guard.

[Bill Reif]

I recommend that anyone with AT&T consider turning off their ISP's spam 
filter.  A few weeks ago, I helped someone move nearly 400 messages from 
their AT&T Spam folder, representing the messages he didn't receive in the 
previous month.  (Messages he received before that were deleted without 
being made available to him.)  TI thought I had configured filters to allow 
all messages from NFBNET.ORG to pass to my inbox; so I was surprised to find 
my own box filled with NFBNet or Googlegroup list messages AT&T regarded as 
spam.  Those of us who use email clients such as Outlook or Outlook Express 
would have no ideawe weren't getting them; and I suspect some on this list 
don't even know they have a yahoo.com spam folder.

To turn it off, you will need to first log into mail.yahoo.com, your web 
e-mail interface, using your e-mail address and password.  If you use a 
screenreader, you will want to switch to Mail Classic, since Yahoo! Mail is 
not supported.  Go to Mail Settings, and look for the link that will let you 
toggle the status of Spam Guard.  After you've turned it off, you may want 
to visit your spam folder by visiting its link, checking the box for each 
message you want to keep, selecting the "move to" button, and moving them to 
your in box.  If your experience is like Dave's or mine, you will discover 
that over 80 percent  of what's there isn't spam.  AT&T's mail incryption 
and built-in virus removal tools still block much of the worst spam.  I'd 
rather put up with the bother of deleting the easily-identifyable 20 percent 
than miss messages that may be important.

Bill

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Connie Davis" <condav8950 at att.net>
To: "NFB of Illinois Mailing List" <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] here we go again


I GOT BOTH OF THEM, BUT DIDN'T GET THE LAST ONE. JOE, I'M BEGINNING TO 
WONDER IF YOU AND I HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH AT&T.
Connie Davis




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From: Kelly Doty <kelly at dls.net>
To: NFB of Illinois Mailing List <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 3:54:23 PM
Subject: Re: [il-talk] here we go again

Hi, Joe. I got them both.

Kelly
----- Original Message ----- From: "JOSEPH MONTI" <jlmonti at sbcglobal.net>
To: <il-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 2:58 PM
Subject: [il-talk] here we go again


> i just sent 2 messages out on il-talk bout gift cards.
> the second message which was a p.s. came almost instantly to my spam 
> folder. i still haven't received the first message.
> does anyone know what's going on?
> joe
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